A Spanish-Brazilian national has appeared in court charged with the murder of schoolboy Daniel Anjorin in east London.
Marcus Aurelio Arduini Monzo, from Newham in east London, is also charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of grievous bodily harm.
The charges against the 36-year-old also include an allegation of aggravated burglary and possession of a bladed article.
Daniel Anjorin, 14, died on Tuesday as he walked to school in a residential area near Hainault tube station.
Staff and pupils at Bancroft’s, an independent school, said they have been left in “profound shock and sorrow” at his death of one of their pupils.
Monzo is accused of crashing a van into a fence in Laing Close just before 7am on Tuesday and then attacking two members of the public with a sword.
It is alleged he then killed Daniel before seriously injuring two police officers as they tried to stop him.
Monzo was initially taken to hospital after he was injured crashing the van.
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He appeared in the dock at Westminster magistrates court on Thursday morning, flanked by several security officers, and dressed in a prison issue grey tracksuit.
He stood in the dock and spoke only to confirm his name.
The prosecution alleged the defendant was armed with a samurai sword.
The court heard how one of the injured was struck in the neck. Another victim was allegedly attacked in their own bedroom.
The attacker, seen here in a yellow hoodie, was eventually detained by authorities after a taser was used
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The Crown said that Daniel Anjorin was fatally injured by a blow to the neck.
The victim’s family told reporters on Wednesday that the schoolboy was “a wonderful child” who was “well loved” and “hard working”, adding that his death “leaves a gaping wound in the family”.
A statement from Bancroft’s school said: “We are devastated by the heartbreaking news of the death of Daniel Anjorin, who attended our school. This has left us in profound shock and sorrow.”
The school was also hit by tragedy last summer after former pupil Grace O’Malley-Kumar was stabbed to death in Nottingham as she tried to save her friend Barnaby Webber from a knife attacker.
A judge at Westminster magistrates court remanded Marcus Monzo back into custody.
He will appear at the Central Criminal court in London on May 7.
