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Four dead in south London stabbing: Three women and a man are knifed to death in £600,000 house as man is arrested on suspicion of murder

    Police called at 1.40am to disturbance in Bermondsey, South East London
    Officers forced entry and found four people suffering apparent stab injuries
    All four people three women and a man were pronounced dead at the scene

By Mark Duell for MailOnline

Published: 08:47, 25 April 2022 | Updated: 11:32, 25 April 2022

Four people have been stabbed to death at a house in London and police have arrested a man on suspicion of murder.  Scotland Yard detectives were called at about 1.40am this morning to reports of a disturbance at a property in Bermondsey, South East London, which is valued at around £600,000.  Officers arrived on Delaford Road and forced entry inside, where they found four people three women and a man suffering apparent stab injuries.  Post-mortem examinations will be arranged in due course. A man was arrested and taken to a police station in South London where he remains in custody.  Bermondsey resident Anne Birkett, 60, whose back bedroom looks onto the property where four people were found with fatal stab wounds in the early hours of Monday, said she was woken by police sirens and a circling helicopter just before 2am.  She said the street was filled with flashing lights, but she and her husband did not go outside their house or see anything further.  Ms Birkett said: 'It's devastating, you hear all of this but you never assume it's going to be right on your own doorstep.'

She said there are several primary schools in the residential area near the scene on Delaford Road.  Metropolitan Police detectives from the specialist crime unit are investigating, and officers said that it is thought all five people were known to each other.  Delaford Road is located in the SE16 postcode area next to South Bermondsey train station and is also close to Millwall FC's ground The New Den.  London Mayor Sadiq Khan today tweeted: 'I am heartbroken that three women and a man were killed last night in a devastating incident at an address in Southwark. My thoughts are with the family and friends who have lost loved ones in this awful crime.  I am in contact with the leadership of the Metropolitan Police. An investigation is underway and one man has been arrested. I urge anyone who has information that could be relevant to contact the police immediately.'

Michael Situ, a Labour councillor on Southwark Council, said: 'Thoughts with family of victims of murder on Delaford Road, SE16.   If anyone has any information about incident, do contact @MPSSouthwark urgently.'

Several forensics officers were seen entering the fenced-off section of Delaford Road.  A resident of the adjacent road, Bramcote Grove, who did not want to be named, said he was woken at around 2am by police sirens and a helicopter and was kept up until 6am by the commotion.  'When I saw four ambulances not one, not two, but four I knew it was serious,' he said.