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A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after officers found a woman beheaded in the back garden of a London suburb. | |
The victim was found at an address on Nightingale Road, Edmonton, north London, just after 1pm on Thursday. | The victim was found at an address on Nightingale Road, Edmonton, north London, just after 1pm on Thursday. |
The Metropolitan police gave few details but said that the arrest had taken place. | |
The incident, coming two days after video of a terrorist beheading of a US journalist gained widespread media coverage, sparked speculation as to its cause. | |
However, the attack on the woman is not believed by police to be terrorist-related and hours on from the incident specialist counter-terrorism officers were not involved in the inquiry, which they would be if violent extremism was suspected. | |
Paramedics called to the scene realised the victim was dead immediately on their arrival at the scene, such was the severity of her wounds. | |
London ambulance service had dispatched the air ambulance to the scene in the hope the victim's life could be saved. | |
The Metropolitan police said: "Police were called to an address in Nightingale Road at 13.07 today to reports of a stabbing incident. On arrival officers discovered a female collapsed in a garden area. | |
"A man has been detained and remains in custody. At this very early stage we are not in a position to give further details." | "A man has been detained and remains in custody. At this very early stage we are not in a position to give further details." |
London ambulance service said: "Sadly the woman was found dead at the scene." | |