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| Woman 'beheaded' in Edmonton garden | Woman 'beheaded' in Edmonton garden |
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| A woman is thought to have been beheaded in the garden of a north London house. | A woman is thought to have been beheaded in the garden of a north London house. |
| The victim was found at an address in Nightingale Road, Edmonton, at about 13:00 BST, police said. | The victim was found at an address in Nightingale Road, Edmonton, at about 13:00 BST, police said. |
| Officers discovered her collapsed in a back garden and she was pronounced dead at the scene. | |
| A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and is in custody. Detectives said there is no suggestion the killing had a terrorist motive. | A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and is in custody. Detectives said there is no suggestion the killing had a terrorist motive. |
| 'Lives on the line' | |
| A Taser was used during the arrest of the man and a firearms officer is believed to have suffered a broken wrist. | A Taser was used during the arrest of the man and a firearms officer is believed to have suffered a broken wrist. |
| Police said they were initially called to reports of a man armed with a knife and eyewitnesses said he had attacked a car. | |
| Speaking at the scene of the attack, Cdr Simon Letchford said: | |
| "Officers had to do everything they could to make other people safe and evacuate houses and put their lives on the line to make sure this individual did not cause further harm," he said. | |
| Police said they had traced the woman's next of kin, and were unwilling to speculate on the nature of the woman's injuries or the type of weapon used. | |
| Det Ch Insp John Sandlin said: "I can understand why this may cause people concern, however we are confident that we are not looking for anyone else at this stage. | |
| "Whilst it is too early to speculate on what the motive behind this attack was I am confident, based on the information currently available to me, that it is not terrorist related." | |
| He added officers and specialist detectives would be on the scene for many hours to come. | He added officers and specialist detectives would be on the scene for many hours to come. |
| 'Jumping gardens' | |
| Neighbour Muhammed Yusuf said police knocked on his door and asked him to leave the property. | |
| He said: "They just said 'You've got to get out of the house'. Of course I was worried." | |
| His son Ahmed, 19, said: "At first there were two police cars, then all of a sudden there were 20. | |
| "The police said to drop everything. I said 'What's going on?' and they said there's a guy jumping over gardens." | |
| London Ambulance Service said they sent a number of resources to the scene including London's Air Ambulance, an ambulance crew and a duty manager. | London Ambulance Service said they sent a number of resources to the scene including London's Air Ambulance, an ambulance crew and a duty manager. |
| The BBC's Home Affairs Correspondent Danny Shaw said it is unknown at this stage whether the victim and the suspect were known to each other. | The BBC's Home Affairs Correspondent Danny Shaw said it is unknown at this stage whether the victim and the suspect were known to each other. |
| The case is being investigated by Scotland Yard's Homicide Command. | The case is being investigated by Scotland Yard's Homicide Command. |
| The police watchdog, the Independent Police Complaints Commission, has also been informed of the incident, police said. | |
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