A woman who was found collapsed in a garden was pronounced dead at the scene.
London Ambulance Service confirmed that it was called to reports of a stabbing in Nightingale Road, Edmonton, at 1.30pm.
The air ambulance were also called to the scene, but doctors pronounced the woman dead at 2.07pm.
A man has been arrested and remains in custody.
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