The 14-year-old boy killed in the east London sword attacks was praised as a “true scholar”, gentle and a gifted footballer, as it emerged he attended the same school as one of the victims of the 2023 Nottingham stabbings.
Daniel Anjorin, was a student at the private Bancroft’s school in Woodford Green, which is still reeling from losing the former student Grace O’Malley-Kumar in June 2023 .
Daniel’s mother worked at an east London school and it is believed he was attacked close to his home in Hainault on his way to classes at about 7am on Tuesday.
One witness said the teenager had left home and put in earphones. There was a shout from a resident, warning of danger because a man had a sword, and then the schoolboy fell to the ground, having been stabbed.
In a statement, Daniel’s school told of the devastation felt by pupils, staff and former students.
“This has left us in profound shock and sorrow,” it said. “Daniel…