Boy, six, 'calls 999 after finding his mother stabbed to death' in Battersea flat

A six-year-old boy dialled 999 after finding his mother fatally stabbed and covered in blood, neighbours have claimed.

Armed police and paramedics raced to a flat in the affluent 'nappy valley' area of Battersea, south west London, at lunchtime today to reports of a murder.

But despite battling for nearly an hour they were unable to save the woman in her 30s, who was pronounced dead at the scene just before 1.45pm.

The victim is believed to be a mother-of-two who was attacked while her six-year-old son and three-month-old baby were in the flat.

A neighbour described how the 40-year-old arrested by police looked 'calm' as he was taken into custody on suspicion of murder. 

A woman who lives nearby said of the victim: 'She has two kids, a six-year-old boy and a three month old.

'The eldest child is the one that called the police. He found her. My friend lives in the flat below and she told me.

'She said the woman was ringing her doorbell at 9am, but she couldn't answer as she'd just had an operation.'

Armed police were seen breaking down the door at the south London property.





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