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Employee killed at clothes shop | |
(about 8 hours later) | |
An employee has been stabbed to death at a south London clothing store. | |
The victim, a woman in her 40s, worked at Peacocks in Majestic Way, Mitcham, where the attack happened on Friday afternoon. | |
Police said she was stabbed in a storeroom at the rear of the shop at about 1320 GMT. | |
Officers are treating the attack as a domestic incident and are looking for the woman's husband. There have been no arrests. | |
'Not safe' | |
A spokesman for London Ambulance Service (LAS) said paramedics and an air ambulance attended but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. | |
The LAS spokesman said: "We sent two single responders in cars, an ambulance, a duty officer and Hems, which is the air ambulance." | The LAS spokesman said: "We sent two single responders in cars, an ambulance, a duty officer and Hems, which is the air ambulance." |
The manager of a local pub, who did not want to be named, said: "It's a bit of a shock to all of us. | The manager of a local pub, who did not want to be named, said: "It's a bit of a shock to all of us. |
"This is a very close-knit community and people have been talking about the murder all afternoon." | "This is a very close-knit community and people have been talking about the murder all afternoon." |
The owner of a nearby shop, who also did not want to be named, said: "Mitcham is not a safe area. People worry about their safety, especially business owners. | |
"I am not surprised to hear this has happened but I wish it hadn't." |
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