Clare community 'in deep shock and sadness' following fatal stabbing of elderly man in London

Detectives have released images of a man they say they want to identify as “a matter of urgency”.

Thomas O’Halloran (Metropolitan Police/PA)

The 87-year-old man stabbed to death in his mobility scooter has been named by police as Thomas O’Halloran. According to Mr O’Halloran's Facebook, he is originally from Ennistymon, Co Clare.

Mr O’Halloran was killed in a “shocking act” of “unprovoked violence”, Metropolitan Police Chief Superintendent Sean Wilson said at the scene in Greenford, west London.