Hello, im Matthew Amroliwala , welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. We begin in the us and the Student Protests sweeping the country against the war in gaza. Overnight, these were the scenes on campuses on the west coast and east coast. Clashes between Rival Student Groups and clashes with police who were called to both the University Of California in los angeles, and Columbia University in new york. At ucla, there were skirmishes between pro israeli and pro Palestinian Protesters, with the Vice Chancellor Calling in police after what she described as horrific acts of violence. Scenes like this went on for hours with pepper spray being used. At Columbia University, where the protests started, police moved in, to disperse students from the encampment that had built up over weeks. Officers dressed in riot gear also cleared students from Hamilton Hall, which had been taken over yesterday. The demonstrators have demanded that th
A Police Arrest after a Critical Incident was declared in hainault. A man with a sword has been arrested. The statement from police says that they were called shortly before seven oclock to report other vehicle driven into a house in the Thurlow Gardens area and there were reports that people have been stabbed. This is what they know so far, this is what they are telling us from the statement. At this time, we understand the suspect went on to attack other members of the public as well as two Police Officers. They said that they are waiting for an update on the condition of those injured because a reminder, reports that several people have been stabbed. We do have those updates on our live page. More details on the person who has been arrested. This is again from the Police Statement, from the met police. 36 year old man was arrested at the scene and he is in custody. The Deputy Assistant commissioner has said, this must have been a terrifying incident for those concerned. I know the W
See here this is the statement that the Police Actually released, giving us details of this incident in hainault which happened at around seven oclock this morning. The Home Secretary James Cleverly has posted, saying he is regularly being updated about the incident at hainault, he says my thoughts are with those affected and thank you to the Emergency Responders. You can see his post on x, he would urge people not to speculate on line all provide relevant information to the police because there will be a big Police Operation to give as much evidence about what has happened in hainault, which is what they Home Secretary James Cleverly is asking people to do. If they have any informational footage, pass it on to the police because they will be trying to put together a picture of exactly what happens, they said they were called at 7am but there will have been the build up to that. My colleague Courtney Bembridge is monitoring the developments in the newsroom. For people just developments
It is with Great Sadness that i confirm that one of those injured in the incident, a 13 year old boy, has died from their injuries. He was taken to hospital after being stabbed and sadly died a short while after. The childs family are being supported firstly by my local officers and now with some specialist officers and everyone across the met is keeping them in our thoughts at this unimaginably difficult time. The events of this morning are truly horrific. And i cannot even begin to imagine how those affected must be feeling. My thoughts are with the injured, their families and the Wider Community as we all begin to come to terms with what has happened and try to understand what has happened here. I know that there will be, clearly and understandably, a desire for answers and an explanation as to what happened. Our investigation is in its very early stages, and my officers are working right now to establish the full facts as a priority. And we will share what we can, when we can with
The teenager was hacked to death in front of horrified neighbours moments after a 36-year-old suspect rammed his van into a house near Hainault Tube station early on Tuesday morning.