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| Man held over woman's shop death | |
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| A 47-year-old man has been arrested after a woman was stabbed to death at the clothes shop where she worked. | |
| The victim, an Asian woman in her 40s, was an employee at Peacocks in Majestic Way, Mitcham, south London, where the attack happened on Friday afternoon. | |
| Before Saturday's arrest, a police source had said officers were looking for her husband over the attack, which they believe was a domestic incident. | |
| The woman sustained several wounds at the rear of the shop, police said. | |
| She has not been named. | |
| A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out. | A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out. |
| The owner of a nearby shop, who did not want to be named, said: "Mitcham is not a safe area. People worry about their safety, especially business owners. | The owner of a nearby shop, who 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." | "I am not surprised to hear this has happened but I wish it hadn't." |
| Majestic Way, a pedestrianised shopping street, and a neighbouring car park were cordoned off for forensic investigations following the death. |