A 22-year-old Jalal Debella has been charged with murder (Picture: Nigel Howard)
A man has been charged with murder after a 66-woman was stabbed to death at a bus stop in north London.
Jalal Debella, 22, was charged with the killing of the woman in Edgware on Thursday.
It comes after a woman was fatally stabbed at around 11.50am on May 9 on Burnt Oak Broadway in north London.
The woman was fatally injured.
The 66-year-old woman died at the scene after she was stabbed (Picture: UKNIP)
Police and forensics on Burnt Oak Broadway (Picture: Nigel Howard)
Flowers left at a bus stop near to the scene (Picture: Samuel Montgomery/PA Wire)
Despite the best efforts of the emergency services, she died at the scene, the police said.
Debella was arrested on suspicion of murder in the Colindale area on Thursday.
He is due to appear at Willesden Magistrates’ Court on Saturday charged with murder and possession of an offensive weapon.
The incident led to a major emergency response in the north London borough after reports of a stabbing on the high street.
Officers, London Ambulance Service and London Air Ambulance (HEMS) attended.
Detective Superintendent Tony Bellis urged people ‘to refrain from speculating about the circumstances’ when the investigation launched.
‘A family has been left devastated by this shocking attack and my thoughts are with them at this unimaginably difficult time,’ he said.
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