A teenager who recently arrived in the UK from India has been found dead at a house in Croydon.
The 19-year-old victim was found with stab wounds on Sunday afternoon at a residence in Ash Tree Way. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
A post-mortem examination will be arranged in due course and officers are working to notify her next of kin.
A 23-year-old man, who was taken to hospital after having suffered a minor head injury, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder.
Police said the suspect and victim were known to each other, that nobody else is sought in connection to their investigation.
Police have launched a murder investigation after a 19-year-old woman was found dead at a home in Ash Tree Way, Croydon
Met Police, joined by ambulance personnel, were called to a home in Ash Tree Way on Sunday around 4.10pm following a report that a woman was deceased.
The victim is believed to be an Indian national who ‘recently’ arrived to the UK, the force has said. Officers are working to trace her family and notify them of her death.
Investigators have launched an appeal that anyone with information about the murder, including anyone who saw or heard a disturbance on Sunday afternoon at the address in Ash Tree Way, to call police on 101 quoting reference 4546/29oct.