Axe man runs amok in abbey and destroys statues

TWO people were injured and a third left in shock yesterday after an axe man “ran amok” before launching a frenzied attack inside a historic abbey.

A 62-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious head and back injuries after the attacker armed with two small axes went on the rampage in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, England.

He then burst into the church in Waltham Abbey and turned the weapons on the pulpit, organ, statues and at least one historic stained glass window, causing damage estimated at more than 400,000.