Man arrested after elderly woman stabbed to death in east London

Woman in her 80s pronounced dead at scene after emergency services were called to address in Newham

Police have arrested a man after an elderly woman was stabbed to death in east London.

Emergency services were called at 9.56am on Saturday to an address in Landseer Avenue, Manor Park, Newham, to a report of a woman in her 80s with stab injuries. She was pronounced dead at the scene.