Woman found beheaded in north London garden

[Turborama]

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Source: The Guardian

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after officers found a woman beheaded in the back garden of a London suburb.

The victim was found at an address on Nightingale Road, Edmonton, north London, just after 1pm on Thursday.

The Metropolitan police gave few details but said that the arrest had taken place.

The incident, coming two days after video of a terrorist beheading of a US journalist gained widespread media coverage, sparked speculation as to its cause.


Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/04/woman-found-beheaded-edmonton-north-london-garden

[Deadbeat Republicans]

1. Throw your hands in the air like Tony Blair

N/T

[MADem]

2. I have no doubt that the speculation that is coursing through minds has to do with the ethnicity of

the perpetrator, and that of the victim as well.

Edmonton, North London has a pretty high concentration of Muslim residents, so they'll just have to stand by for the inevitable slings-and-arrows.

The police have said this much thus far:

A police firearms officer was injured during the arrest.

There is no suggestion that the killing had any terrorist motive.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/edmonton-beheading-woman-found-by-police-9712127.html

The assailant was 25. They tasered him, and a policeman's wrist was broken in the scuffle. Full police statement at
https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk/status/507552723487973376

The misnamed "honor" killing comes to mind as the motive--time will tell.

[amandabeech]

10. "Honor" killing would be my guess, too. n'/t

[L0oniX]

3. ...and guns are banned there.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

9. What's wrong with you?

...

[hedgehog]

4. Seriously - if it weren't that she was beheaded, would this be on the LBN page?

[Turborama]

5. But she was.

[MADem]

7. The perp was running around the neighborhood wielding a machete.

This is not the first beheading in London, either. Not long ago, a random soldier in mufti was hit by a car and while he lay in the road two assholes chopped his head off on a London street. It was a very bloody scene.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/woman-found-stabbed-to-death-at-house-in-north-london-after-man-goes-on-the-loose-with-machete-9711800.html

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/12/19/two-men-convicted-of-british-soldier-beheading.html

[tularetom]

6. Why hasn't Obama bombed London yet?

[Nye Bevan]

8. Jumping to the conclusion that this is Jihadi-related

is similar to jumping to the conclusion, as several DUers did, that the Boston bombings were perpetrated by tax-protesting Tea-partiers (based upon the fact that it was on April 15).

I would wait for further information on this.

[Sissyk]

11. Locking.

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