BREAKING NEWS! Woman Found Beheaded In North London At 1pm Today.

Scene of the incident

A woman has been found beheaded in north London.

Emergency services were called to a property in Nightingale Road, Edmonton, just after 1pm today.

A man has been arrested.

Police have said at this stage there is no suggestion that the killing had any terrorist motives.

A Met Police spokesperson said: ‘Police were called to an address in Nightingale Road at 1.07pm 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.

Eyewitnesses had reported seeing a 'madman with a machete' in the area around lunchtime.

Scotland Yard has so far refused to comment on reports she had been decapitated and given few details of what happened.

DCI John Sandlin, who is leading this investigation, said: 'This is was a highly visible attack in broad daylight on a residential street. 

'I can understand why this may cause people concern, however we are confident that we are not looking for anyone else at this stage.

'Whilst it is too early to speculate on what the motive behind this attack was I am confident, based on the information currently available to me, that it is not terrorist related.

'Local officers and specialist detectives are at the scene and will remain there for many hours to come. 

‘At this very early stage we are not in a position to give further details.’

'Specially trained family liaison officers will be deployed to support the family; we request that their privacy is respected at this very difficult time.' 

Detectives from the Met's Homicide and Major Crime Command are leading the investigation.

A spokeswoman from the London Ambulance Service confirmed the victim was found dead at the scene.

She said: 'We were called at 1.30pm to an incident in Nightingale Road, Edmonton. We sent a number of resources to the scene including London's Air Ambulance, an ambulance crew and a duty officer.

'Sadly a woman was pronounced dead at the scene by the doctor from London's Air Ambulance.' 

Witness Ricardo Kwiek told Sky News: 'We've seen a lot of police coming in. They got to the door, and when they got there, the person didn't want to let them in.

'But the police wanted to get in through the back, and the person wouldn't let them in. So they broke the door down. After that there was a man that came out and they got him.