A mother was stabbed to death at her £1million home as London's murder toll hit 60 today after yet another bloody night on the capital's streets.

Samantha Clarke, 38, was killed in Brixton days after celebrating her son Joshua's 14th birthday and she died on a night that saw two fatal attacks in London within 36 minutes.

The hotel assistant general manager, who worked at a former coaching inn in Henley, had been spending time off with her family when she was attacked at 6.30pm on Sunday.

A suspect was pictured being led away in handcuffs after being arrested on suspicion of murder and was held at the three-storey Victorian property in South London where Mrs Clarke died.

Samantha Clarke, pictured with her husband Paul, was killed in Brixton days after celebrating her son Joshua’s 14th birthday.

Samantha Clarke, 38, was killed in Brixton days after celebrating her son Joshua's 14th birthday. The suspect was led away in handcuffs on suspicion of murder (pictured)

The 38-year-old mother was stabbed to death at her £1million home (pictured) in Brixton

Forensic officers leave South London where the body of a woman was found by police

Yesterday her husband Paul said: 'She was a loving mum. Everything she did was for her son.

'She just wanted to spend as much time with him as possible.'

Last night police were quizzing a 24-year-old man, named locally as Jordan Clarke, who is thought to be Mrs Clarke's nephew. Neighbours told of their shock yesterday.

One said: 'They are a lovely family who have lived here for a long time. We've no idea what happened. We're in absolute shock.'

Last night a teenager was stabbed to death in east London bringing the capital's death toll this year up to 60.

The victim, who is believed to be 18, was found bleeding in Chestnut Avenue, close to Forest Gate station and Wanstead Flats common.

The Metropolitan Police were called after the fatally injured man was found at around 10.50pm last night.

He was pronounced dead at the scene and no arrests have been made.

Video footage from the scene appears to show several police cars and officers behind a cordon. One Twitter user claimed an officer told him there was blood 'all over the road'

Police officers speak to forensic detectives at the scene of the death in Forest Gate, London

Police have erected a cordon closing of a wide area surrounding the scene in Chestnut Avenue, Forest Gate, east London

London's violent crisis is continuing unabated and last night's murder is the 60th in the capital since January 1 with two people murdered in just 30 minutes on Saturday night.

In March London's murder rate exceeded New York's in a single month for the first time.

Mrs Clarke's murder, which was the 59th this year, happened on a night of violence with three stabbings in the capital.

Raul Nicolaie was one of the two people killed in London on Sunday night as violence in the city continues to spiral

Just 36 minutes earlier, a young father was killed less than ten miles away.

Raul Nicolaie was attacked in a flat in Colindale, north London.

The 26-year-old Romanian decorator died in hospital. A 34-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of murder.

The victim's mother, Eva Chiriac, was visiting relatives in Romania when she was informed of the attack.

She told the London Evening Standard that her son had become a father four months ago. 'Raul was so excited to have a son and wanted the best for his new baby,' she said.

Later on the same evening an 18-year-old man was seriously injured in a knife attack near Alexandra Palace shortly after 9.20pm.

The surge in stabbings comes as police are battling a knife crime epidemic, with murder levels for February and March exceeding the number of killings on the streets of New York.

The London murder, which is the 59th so far this year, happened on a night of violence with three stabbings in the capital. Pictured, victims of murder in the capital in 2018

The use of a blanket stop and search power in suspected violent areas of London has increased fourfold in the last year due to the wave.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said the force had carried out a considerably increased amount of stop and searches using section 60 orders since she took over a year ago.

The power, which allows officers to search anybody within a defined area where police believe there is a risk of violence, has been used 106 times in London in the last year, up from 23 in the previous 12 months.

Home Secretary Amber Rudd came under fire earlier this month for presiding over cuts to police officer numbers - but she insisted it played no part in London murder wave.

The Home Secretary unveiled a strategy which demands social media companies do more to crack down on videos glorifying violence.

But critics have said police numbers have fallen under her and Theresa May's watch - leaving forces unable to cope with the rising tide of violence

The 60 lives taken so far on the streets of London in 2018

JANUARY - 12 deaths, including one late on December 31

31 December, Kyall Parnell, 17: Stabbed to death in Lambeth

1 January, Steve Frank Narvaez-Arias, 20: Stabbed in the chest on New Year's Day at a flat party in a council estate off Old Street in Islington, north London. After moving to the UK from Ecuador, the 20-year-old was reading physics and aerospace at Hertfordshire University and hoped to become a pilot

3 January, Elizabeta Lacatusu, 44: Found bleeding to death on Norfolk Road, in Ilford, after she had her throat slashed. She worked at a restaurant in the east London town and was returning home when she was stabbed to death

6 January, Vijay Patel, 49: Mr Patel was beaten to death in Barnet

Yaya Mbye, 26, was stabbed in Hackney on January 28 (left). Right, Daniel Frederick, 34, was killed metres from his home in Hackney after attending a hospital appointment for his pregnant partner on January 8

8 January, Daniel Frederick, 34: Daniel was killed metres from his home in Hackney after attending a hospital appointment for his pregnant partner

9 January, Dami Odeyingbo, 18: Stabbed in Bromley

11 January, Harry Uzoka, 25: Harry, who was on the books of Premier Model Management and had modelled for brands including Mercedes and Zara - was stabbed in Shepherd's Bush. Neighbours reported a shout of 'hand it over' in the melee which involved several men

24 January, Seyed Azim Khan, age unknown: Died from a head injury in Redbridge

28 January, Yaya Mbye, 26: Stabbed in Hackney

Khader Saleh, 25, (left) was stabbed in the Hammersmith and Fulham area on January 31. Right, Dami Odeyingbo, 18, was stabbed in Bromley on January 9

29 January, Juan Olmos Saca, 39: Died six days after being found stabbed at an address in Peckham

31 January, Lily-Mai Saint George, one: One-year-old Lily-Mai was found dead in Haringey. The Met Police say her cause of death remains unknown

31 January, Khader Saleh, 25: The 25-year-old was stabbed in the Hammersmith and Fulham area

FEBRUARY - 14 deaths

3 February, Kwabena Nelson, 22: Ambushed in Tottenham in the early hours where he was fatally stabbed

3 February, Hasan Ozkan, 19: Stabbed to death in Abbey Road, Barking

5 February, Juan Olmos Saca: Died in hospital after being stabbed in Peckham

8 February, Hannah Leonard, 55: Fatally stabbed in Brays Tower, Primrose Hill

11 February, Sabri Chibani, 19: Stabbed in Streatham Common

12 February, Bulent Kabala, 41: The taxi driver was shot dead in a 'targeted hit' on a roundabout in Barnet

Elizabeta Lacatusu, 44, was found bleeding to death on Norfolk Road, in Ilford, after she had her throat slashed on January 3

13 February, Saeeda Hussain, 54: Found with critical injuries at an address in Ilford and pronounced dead at the scene

14 February, Promise Nkenda, 17: Fatally stabbed in Newham, east London

15 February, Mark Smith, 48: Mr Smith was found injured in Chingford, and died shortly afterwards

17 February, Lewis Blackman, 19: Lewis, who grew up on the Peckwater estate in Kentish Town, was killed in Kensington. Witnesses told how a gang of about eight youths, some armed with sticks, shouted 'let's chase him down', before he was stabbed

17 February, Josef Boci, 30: Jozef was beaten up in the street in Greenwich and died in hospital

19 February, Rotimi Oshibanjo, 26: Rotimi was fatally stabbed inside a property in the Halliday Square housing estate

Hannah Leonard, who was 55, was found dead on February 9 in a flat in Camden, North London

20 February, Sadiq Mohamed, 20: The aspiring accountant was found with serious stab wounds in Malden Road, in Belsize Park

20 February, Abdikarim Hassan, 17: Abdikarim died in the street after being attacked in Camden

20 February, name unknown, 24: Shot in Westminster

25 February, Michael Boyle, 44: Stabbed in Southwark. Mr Boyle, from Galashiels, Scotland died of multiple organ failure after being stabbed at a property in Southwark. He was found on February 25 but died on March 10

MARCH - 23 deaths

1 March, Christopher Beaumont, 42: Stabbed in Hammersmith and Fulham

5 March, Kelva Smith, 20: Found stabbed in South Norwood, Croydon and pronounced dead at the scene

5 March, Laura Cecilia Navarrete De Figueira, 47: Police launched a murder investigation after Laura Cecilia Navarrete De Figueira was found with stab wounds at her home in Twickenham. An hour earlier the body of her husband Figueira de Faria and the bodies of Claudio, 10, and Joaquin, seven, were discovered on the beach at Birling Gap, in Eastbourne, East Sussex

8 March, Kelvin Odunuyi, 19: Shot in Haringey

Balbir Johal, 48: Died after being stabbed in Southall on March 19

12 March, Julian Joseph, 36: Murdered in Lewisham, cause of death as yet unknown

13 March, Nikolay Glushkov, 68: Russian businessman was found dead in his home in New Malden. He died from compression to the neck

14 March, Lyndon Davis, 18: The youngest to have been killed in March, was found suffering from a single stab wound in Chadwell Heath, east London

14 March, Joseph Williams-Torres, 20: Killed as he sat in a stationary car in Essex Close, Walthamstow

16 March, Naomi Hersi, 36: Stabbed in Hounslow. Hersi, who lived as a trans woman called Naomi, was pronounced dead at the scene after being found with knife injuries in Hounslow

17 March, Russell Jones, 23: Ambushed outside shops near Ponders End station, in Enfield and stabbed and shot to death

18 March, Tyrone Silcott, 42: The father-of-two died from knife wounds after a St Patrick's Day party. It is alleged the car mechanic got into a row over two girls at a party in Homerton and was attacked

19 March, Balbir Johal, 48: Died after being stabbed in Southall

Hersi Hersi (left), who lived as a trans woman called Naomi, was pronounced dead at the scene after being found with knife injuries at Heathrow Palace in Hounslow. Russell Jones, 23, became the eighth person in a week to be killed in London when he was ambushed outside shops near Ponders End station, Enfield Read

19 March, Jermaine Johnson, 41: Found with stab injuries and pronounced dead at the scene in Walthamstow

20 March, Beniamin Pieknyi, 20: Believed to have jumped in to the fight in a bid to save his friend during the altercation at the Stratford Centre in east London. The 20-year-old, who only arrived in Britain two months ago from Romania, died in his best friend's arms after being chased and stabbed by a gang in the busy shopping centre

25 March, Abraham Badru, 26: Gunned down in Hackney. The university graduate, who was murdered in Dalston, east London, was awarded the National Police Bravery Award in July 2009

25 March, awaiting formal ID, 59: Person found dead in Barking & Dagenham

26 March, David Potter, 50: Found stabbed to death in a property on Tooting High Street

29 March, Reece Tshoma, 23: Reece, from Barking in east London, was stabbed in the neck in Greenwich before being rushed to hospital by his friend where he died

30 March, Leyla Mtumwa, 36: Leyla was found dead with stab wounds to the neck and chest at an address in Haringey

Amaan Shakoor, 16, was shot in the face in Walthamstow and died a day later in hospital

APRIL - Nine deaths

1 April, Devoy Stapleton: Stabbed at as he made his way home from a night out in Wandsworth. Police found him in a pool of his own blood after being called to the middle-class suburb of Earlsfield, south west London

2 April, Tanesha Melbourne, 17: Tanesha was gunned down near her home in Tottenham, north London in front of horrified friends and family. It is thought she was caught in the crossfire of a ruthless gang war

2 April, Amaan Shakoor, 16: The teenager was shot in the face in Walthamstow, north London, and police have now confirmed he died from his injuries in hospital

4 April, Henry Vincent, 37: Burglary who died from stab wound after raiding pensioner's house

4 April, Babatunde Akintayo Awofeso dies after row on Upper Clapton Road, east London.

Israel Ogunsola, 18, died in Hackney after being stabbed on April 4

4 April, Israel Ogunsola, 18, dies in Hackney after being stabbed. The victim approached police who performed first aid but he died at the scene after 25 minutes.

12 April, John Maclean, 35, stabbed at a flat in the Isle of Dogs. A 25-year-old has been charged with his murder.

15 April, Raul Nicolaie, 26: Found at with stab injuries in Colindale, north London. A 34- year-old woman was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder

15 April, an unnamed woman in her 30s was stabbed to death in Sudbourne Road, Brixton, south London. A man in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

16 April - A teenager is stabbed to death in the street in Forest Gate.