A 58-year-old woman has been stabbed to death in the fifth killing in London in just four days as a 21-year-old female is in custody on suspicion of murder.
Police, paramedics and an air ambulance rushed to an address near Acton Town tube station after reports of a disturbance shortly before 4pm yesterday afternoon.
The victim, who has not been named, was found with multiple stab wounds and, despite the best efforts of emergency medics, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The 21-year-old woman, who police say was known to the victim, was arrested on suspicion of murder.
She was taken to hospital with a non-life threatening injury before being transferred to police custody where she remains, police have said.
A 21-year-old man was also arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.
Murder probe: A 58-year-old woman was stabbed to death at a property near Acton Town tube station (pictured above) sparking the capital’s fifth murder investigation in just four days
He was taken to a west London police station, but was subsequently released and will face no further action.
Detective Chief Inspector Jim Shirley, of the Met’s Specialist Crime Command, said: ‘Our thoughts are with the loved ones of the woman who has lost her life in this incident.
‘They will continue to receive our full support.
‘While an early arrest in this investigation is a positive development, we are still keen to build a picture of what happened.
‘I would appeal to anyone who lives nearby or who was in the area at the time of the incident to come forward if they saw or heard anything unusual.
‘No piece of information is insignificant.’
Police say a woman who is known to the victim is currently in custody on suspicion of murder
Steven Denine, 52, who lives in a flat below that of the woman who died, said he saw a woman being carried on a stretcher towards an ambulance on Monday.
‘Forensics were here all night. It feels like [violence] is getting closer to home.
‘It’s so violent, and to be so close to it… this is the kind of thing that’s always on my mind when I sleep with the windows open. Now I’m even more wary.’
Another neighbour, who did not want to be named, said that the woman had lived in the flat for 17 years and was ‘a nice person, very friendly’.
‘I haven’t been to work today, I couldn’t sleep,’ the neighbour said.
‘Everybody’s terrorised.’
Another neighbour said that ‘it’s really sad’, adding that she heard a ruckus on Monday.
‘I’ve known her since 2005, which is when we all moved here. She was caring.’
The killing is the fifth suspected murder in the capital in just four days.
Kacey Boothe, 25, was shot in Walthamstow, east London, last Saturday night.
Stephen Goodman, 60, was fatally injured during a fight in Dagenham, east London, in the early hours of Sunday. A 23-year-old local man has been charged with murder.
Sonny Booty, 36, was found dead at a house in Lewisham, south east London, on Sunday morning. A 53-year-old man has been charged with murder.
A man was fatally stabbed in Soho, central London, yesterday.