Neighbours tell of shock at fatal stabbing of woman in east London

A police officer outside a property in Globe Road, Bethnal Green, east London, where the woman was stabbed to death. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA

Neighbours have told of their shock and sadness after a woman was stabbed to death while her two children were at school.

Those who knew the 40-year-old from Bethnal Green in east London said she was “a lovely person” and that she had lived in the area for a long time.