London's knife crime epidemic continues as woman stabbed to death in her Greenwich garden
LONDON'S crime wave continues after a woman was found stabbed to death in her back garden in Greenwich.
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Police were called at around 11.30am this morning to reports of a body found in the rear garden of a house in Tunnel Avenue, south east London.
Officers and London Ambulance Service rushed to the scene and found the body of a woman, believed to be in her 50s, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
The woman appears to have suffered stab injuries.
A man in his 50s was arrested at the scene of the suspected murder.
He has been taken into custody at a south London police station.
A Met Police statement said: "A post-mortem examination will take place at Greenwich Mortuary Sunday, 24 June.
"Officers believe they know the identity of the woman and are in the process of informing next of kin.
"Cordons are in place at the scene.
"Although the incident is not thought to be domestic, detectives believe the deceased and the man arrested were known to each other."
It comes on the same day a man was found dead outside Greenford underground station in west London after he was involved in a brtual fight.
And just hours later, four miles away in South Harrow, the London Air Ambulance was called to a stabbing.
The victim's injuries are not thought to be life-threatening in that case.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan is under increasing amounts of pressure as crime continues to soar across the capital.
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He has accepted responsibility for the dramatic increase of violence as the capital's crime commissioner, but blamed the rise on cuts to youth services.
Mr Khan said: “I'm the Mayor of London, I'm the Police and Crime Commissioner - I accept responsibility for what happens in our city.
"Security is the biggest concern I have, it’s the one thing that keeps me up at night - whether it’s terrorism threats, whether it's the surge in serious violent crime."
The rise of violent crime in London has been blamed partly on an excessive supply of cocaine in the country.
Earlier this year, Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick also accused some music videos saying they "glamourise" violence.
Anyone with information is asked to contact officers from the Homicide and Major Crime Command on 020 8721 4054.