Edmonton Woman Beheaded In A Garden In London

According to reports by mailonline,a woman has been beheaded in a back garden and a police officer injured after a man reportedly went berserk with a machete today.

Eyewitnesses reported seeing a 'madman with a machete' in the area, but a man has now been arrested in connection with the incident.

 Specialist firearms officers were called to an address in Edmonton, north London, to reports of a man with a knife attacking an animal just after 1pm.

There they found the victim collapsed in a garden. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 25-year-old man was cornered by officers, who smashed through the windows of a house.  One firearms officer was injured during the arrest and is believed to be suffering from a broken wrist.

Scotland Yard has confirmed tasers were deployed and that the man was arrested on suspicion of murder and is in custody. He is also receiving medical treatment after sustaining injuries in the arrest although the extent of them are not yet known.

There is no suggestion that the killing had any terrorist motive and it is not known whether the woman was his intended victim.