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Evening Standard
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John Dunne and Anthony France

Edgware stabbing: Woman, 66, killed in street ‘by man who tried to rob her purse’

A woman aged 66 was stabbed to death by a mugger trying to steal her purse at a bus stop in north London, a witness claimed.

Police and emergency crews arrived at the scene in Burnt Oak Broadway, Edgware shortly before noon on Thursday, but within two minutes she was pronounced dead.

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