Don't miss... Moment suspect is Tasered after boy, 14, stabbed to death in sword rampage
The man, who only gave his name as Jefferson, told this website: “I counted what happened yesterday, that was right outside my house. He came out screaming guys ‘help me’.
“I was in my house, looking out the window - that was in Copperfield - 30 minutes later he got arrested.”
Copperfield is approximately 0.3 miles from Thurlow Gardens, where a 14-year-old boy was knifed to death.
James Fernando, 39, a military coordinator who claimed he witnessed today's terrifying attack, told the Express outside the police cordon that the suspect was apprehended by officers between 2pm and 4pm on Monday, April 29 - a matter of hours before the fatal attack at 7am the following morning.