A tragic incident shocked London on Tuesday, 30, when a 14-year-old teenager was brutally murdered with a sword. The suspect, Spanish-Brazilian Marcus Aurelio Arduini Monzo, 36, is also accused of attempted murder and bodily harm against four other people, including two agents.
Scotland Yard named Monzo, who has Brazilian and Spanish nationality, as responsible for the crime. He is scheduled to appear in court this Thursday, 2.
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According to information from the London police, the attack occurred after a 33-year-old man was run over by a van and subsequently attacked by Monzo, suffering neck injuries.
Another victim, a 35-year-old man, was also injured before teenager Daniel Anjorin was fatally attacked while walking to school.
The complexity of the investigation is due to the large number of crime scenes, forensic evidence, surveillance camera recordings and witnesses to be interviewed.
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Inspection and capture of the suspect
Chief Inspector Larry Smith, responsible for the case, explained that police were called shortly before 7am local time (3am Brasília time) following reports of a van crashing into a fence near a metro station.
According to Smith’s account, authorities arrived at the scene within 12 minutes. The police tried to detain Monzo with spray incapacitating gun and an electric pistol, but he managed to temporarily escape.
An intense search was carried out and the suspect was captured 22 minutes after the incident began.
During the action, two police officers were seriously injured by Monzo’s attacks. One officer required extensive surgery to repair a deep cut on her arm, while the other suffered an injury to his left hand.
The police, so far, have found no evidence of the suspect’s previous involvement in criminal activities and rule out a terrorist motive for the attack.
Criticisms of public safety in London
This episode comes at a time of rising knife violence in the UK and just two days before local elections in London.
The conservative opposition has severely criticized Labor mayor Sadiq Khan’s security policy, amid growing concern about public safety in the city.
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