[BREITBART] The man believed to have 'decapitated' 82-year-old Palmira Silva in a suburban garden in North London has been informally identified by locals as a 25-year old recent 'Moslem convert', with one neighbour saying: "He was a black man young about 25 to 30 wearing all black, black t-shirt and jeans, about 5'10" and looked like he went to the gym".Police disabled and locked away
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the man on Nightingale Road in Edmonton, London after he rampaged through back gardens with a large, curved blade that has been described as a 'machette'. A taser weapon was discharged, and a number of coppers received injuries including a broken wrist and cuts during the operation to safeguard locals and arrest the suspect.
The Daily Mail reports that locals claim the killer is known as "Fat Nicholas", a heavily tattooed Nigerian with "a big belly and tattoos and he walks the streets sticking his fingers up at people like Somalis".
As Homicide and Serious Crime officers are in the process collecting evidence, speaking to the family of the dear departed and waiting to speak to the suspect who is under guard in a North London hospital, official details have been sparse and the police have not been willing to speculate on the motive.
A police commander speaking at a presser yesterday said: "based on what we know, we do not believe this was a terror related incident", however new details have emerged from locals who lived by, and knew, the victim and attacker.
A neighbour who went to her window when she heard a commotion outside recounted her experience and was quoted by the Daily Record as saying: "Someone was shouting and the door was banging. I could hear the screaming but I could not hear what he was saying. I could see that he had a big curved knife, about the size of an arms.
"He was a black man young about 25 to 30 wearing all black, black t-shirt and jeans, about 5'10" and looked like he went to the gym. I have seen him around here all the time, I think he lives on the road, He has a grey car and I think he lives with his family."
Palmira Silva, the 82-year-old great-grandmother and semi-retired Italian Café owner who was well regarded locally appears to have been in the wrong place at the wrong time, as the killer roamed from garden to garden after apparently having first decapitating a cat in a fit of rage.
The Police believe the man was acting alone and they are "confident that we are not looking for anyone else at this stage".
Only twelve hours later, another knife attacker was rubbed out by police in North London. The Daily Mail reports the would-be killer 'appeared to be high on drink or drugs' and shouted "get the f*ck out of here" at Police officers before four shots were fired.