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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Margaret Davis

Woman found fatally stabbed in house after gas explosion

Two children have also been taken to hospital as a precaution, but were not in the house when the explosion occurred (Joe Gidden/PA) - (PA Wire)

A woman has died after being found with stab wounds inside a house where a gas explosion took place.

The 46-year-old was found fatally injured inside a house in Dumont Road, Stoke Newington, north-east London, just before 5am on Tuesday, the Metropolitan Police said.

A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, and has been taken to hospital to be treated for slash wounds.

Two children aged seven and nine were also taken to hospital as a precaution, but are not thought to have been inside the home when the explosion happened.

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