A 27-year-old Indian-origin woman was stabbed to death by her Brazilian flatmate in North London on Tuesday. As per reports, Hyderabad native Kontham Tejaswini was allegedly attacked at a residential property around 10 am. While Tejaswini died on the spot, a second woman was taken to a hospital with stab injuries, said Metropolitan police.
Scotland Yard police said that two people have been arrested in connection with the murder that took place in Neeld Crescent, Wembley. A post-mortem examination is scheduled following which his identity is expected to be formally released. The woman went to the UK three years back for higher studies.
A statement from the Metropolitan Police said, "Two people, a 24-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, were arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder. The man remains in custody. The woman has been released without further action."
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Tejaswini's cousin Vijay said the suspect man Keven Antonio Lourenco De Morais had moved into the shared accommodation less than a week ago. "The Brazilian man had moved in a few days ago. Tejaswini and he had barely spoken, we have no idea why he would attack her," said Vijay.
The Metropolitan Police had earlier released an image of a Brazilian national to seek the public’s help in tracing the 23-year-old, who has finally been arrested from Harrow, near the crime scene in Wembley.
A senior police officer in Hyderabad, V Satyanarayana, told NDTV that Tejaswini had recently visited India about a month ago. The family lives in Hyderabad's Champapet and the victim's father does electrical work.
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First Published: Jun 14, 2023 4:45 PM IST
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