Overview
- Met officers, called to Red Lion Place in Plumstead at 8:50am Wednesday after reports of a man with a knife, found the woman with severe injuries and she later died in hospital.
- A man in his 60s presented himself at a nearby police station shortly after 9:10am and was arrested on suspicion of murder, then taken to hospital for injuries that are not life‑threatening.
- Detectives believe the victim and the arrested man knew each other, so they are not seeking additional suspects.
- Another man at the scene was threatened with a knife, according to police, and he was not injured.
- The Metropolitan Police have opened a murder investigation, stepped up local patrols to reassure residents, and assigned specialist officers to support the woman’s family.