
Woman stabbed to death before gas explosion named by police
A woman found stabbed to death inside a house following a gas explosion in north-east London has been named as Annabel Rook.The Met Police and London Fire Brigade were called to reports of a blast with a person trapped inside at a terraced house on Dumont Road, Stoke Newington, just before 05:00 BST. The woman, 46, was pronounced dead at the scene.A 44-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder was taken to hospital with slash wounds.
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