Georgia Diebelius for Metro.co.uk




A teenage girl has died following a stabbing in Camberwell, south London, Scotland Yard has said.

Officers were called to a home in Brisbane Street at 12.16pm today to reports of a stabbing.

London Ambulance Service and the air ambulance were also called but the 17-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.

Her next of kin has been made aware of the girl’s death.

A 21-year-old man, who was known to the girl, has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

He is currently in custody at a south London police station.

A crime scene is in place at the address but there are no road closures, police said.

The death is the latest in a spate of fatal stabbings across the capital.