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| One woman dead and two injured in Brixton stabbing | One woman dead and two injured in Brixton stabbing |
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| A 40-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two women and a teenager were stabbed in south London, one fatally, Scotland Yard said. | A 40-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two women and a teenager were stabbed in south London, one fatally, Scotland Yard said. |
| Police were called to Redlands Way, Brixton, south-west London, at 18:41 BST on Monday where a 46-year-old woman was found with a number of injuries. | Police were called to Redlands Way, Brixton, south-west London, at 18:41 BST on Monday where a 46-year-old woman was found with a number of injuries. |
| Later, police found a 28-year-old woman dead and her 17-year-old sister with stab wounds at Tilson Gardens, Brixton. | |
| The man is in custody in south London. | The man is in custody in south London. |
| 'Truly tragic' | |
| Police said they believed all three victims were known to him. | Police said they believed all three victims were known to him. |
| He was arrested on a bus in Leigham Court Road, Streatham, at 00:42. | He was arrested on a bus in Leigham Court Road, Streatham, at 00:42. |
| The 46-year-old woman is in a critical condition. The teenager is serious but stable, police said. | |
| Det Insp Will Reynolds said: "There is no suggestion that the victims were selected at random." | Det Insp Will Reynolds said: "There is no suggestion that the victims were selected at random." |
| He added: "Although the circumstances are truly tragic this is an isolated incident." | |
| An eyewitness, Robert Anderson from Redlands Way, said he saw the woman on her balcony trying to use a door to parry the blows of a knife. | |
| He said: "I've never seen anything like that. It shook me up. I haven't slept since last night." | |
| 'Ferocity of violence' | |
| Eyewitnesses at both estates said children witnessed the attacks. | |
| Hawa Musse, 20, from Tilson Gardens, said the dead woman's son came out screaming for help from a balcony. | |
| She said: "He was shaking. He only had one piece of cloth around him." | |
| Chuka Umunna, Labour MP for Streatham, said the community would be "deeply disturbed and upset at what happened on the Roupell Park and Clapham Park estates last night". | |
| He said: "I think the most disturbing thing is the ferocity of violence which occurred and which was witnessed by young teenagers and children on the two estates." |