A 43-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was stabbed to death at a home in north west London.

The woman, 28, was found hours after a man was left with life-threatening injuries when he was shot multiple times roughly 1.4 miles away.

In another separate attack in the same borough, a 26-year-old man was stabbed, leaving him with serious injuries.

The Met Police has said the murder in Brent was not linked to the other two attacks in the borough.

The woman was found unresponsive by police at home in Neasden Lane, Willesden Green, at roughly 2.30am on Friday.


She was pronounced dead roughly 15 minutes later.

The suspect who was arrested remains in custody at a north London police station. Officers have confirmed that the suspect and victim were known to each other, and police are taking steps to locate her next of kin.

The Met Police are not seeking any other people in connection with the death.

Earlier a man, believed to be in his 20s, was shot in Lawrence Avenue, Stonebridge, at roughly 8.30am on Thursday.

An eyewitness of the shooting, who didn't want to be named, told the Evening Standard: "Apparently a car pulled up alongside him while he was sitting in his car and he was shot eight times.

"We think it was a machine gun as it happened quickly.

"Someone saw him holding his neck.

"He's a good lad, I just don't understand why this has happened."

in the third incident, Met Police responded to reports of a stabbing in Rainborough Close, Neasden, roughly 1 mile from the killing and around 1.5 miles from the scene of the shooting.

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A 26-year-old man with stab wounds taken to a London hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

No arrests have been made after the shooting and stabbing, and police are investigating whether the two cases are linked.

The night of violence across Brent came as a 23-year-old man was found with knife injuries in Creek Road, Deptford, south east London, at roughly 8.10pm on Thursday. No arrests have been made.

Police were also called at roughly 3.30am on Friday to reports of a stabbing on Old Kent Road.

A man, thought to be in his 30s, was taken to a hospital where his condition was unknown.