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A woman was fatally stabbed and a man died in front of a train in "domestic" incidents in west London being linked by the Metropolitan Police. A man stabbed his former partner to death outside a nursery minutes before he was hit by a high-speed train on tracks in west London.
The woman, aged 32, died in hospital after she was seen being stabbed by a man in a car at a sports ground in Gunnersbury Drive, Chiswick. The 32-year-old woman was attacked in her car, near the Old Actonian Sports Ground in Ealing on Thursday afternoon, while her son sat on the back seat.
Soon after a 37-year-old man died in a collision with a Bristol to Paddington train at Hanwell railway station. A man, believed to be her former partner, died 20 minutes later on the tracks at Hanwell station.
Police said they were not looking for anyone in connection with the deaths. Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths.
Police were called to the Old Actonian Sports Ground at 1649 BST on Thursday where the woman had been seen being stabbed. She died at 1740 BST at New Ealing Hospital. The police are not searching for anyone else at this time in connection with this enquiry Met Police spokesman
A Metropolitan police spokesman said: "We believe we know the identity of both parties and next of kin have been informed but at this time no formal identification has taken place.
"We can confirm we are linking the two incidents, which we believe are domestic-related. The police are not searching for anyone else at this time in connection with this enquiry."
Police were called to Gunnersbury Drive, Chiswick, at 1649 BST on Thursday where the woman had been seen being stabbed. She died less than an hour later at New Ealing Hospital.
At 1711 BST police were informed about the railway death.At 1711 BST police were informed about the railway death.
A Metropolitan police spokesman said: "We can confirm we are linking the two incidents which we believe are domestic related. Train services were seriously disrupted in and out of London's Paddington station, after the man was hit by a train arriving from Bristol Temple Meads.
"We believe we know the identity of both parties and next of kin have been informed but at this time no formal identification has taken place." 'Quite frightening'
A spokeswoman for First Great Western said the incident caused customers "massive disruption and delays at peak time." The Caterpillar Day Nursery, situated in the sports club grounds, was closed on Friday while the police investigation continued.
The train which hit the man was the 1530 BST service from Bristol Temple Meads. A group of people arrived to leave flowers at the scene of the stabbing.
Paddington-bound trains were then forced to terminate at Reading in Berkshire where passengers were being transferred to Waterloo. Residents said the street was normally quiet.
All services have returned to normal. Mary Davenport, 60, said: "It is unbelievable. Nothing really serious happens around here so it's a bit scary. It is quite frightening."
Police will be speaking to people who saw the stabbing - thought to include other mothers picking up their children from the nursery - and commuters who saw the man jump onto the tracks.
The results of post-mortem examinations being carried out are yet to be released.