Woman stabbed to death before gas explosion named by police

A woman found stabbed after a gas explosion at her home has been named as a charity worker who supported refugees.

Annabel Rook, 46, was found fatally injured at a house in Dumont Road, Stoke Newington, north-east London, just before 5:00 BST on Tuesday.

She worked for a charity that she co-founded called Mama Suze CIC, that supported refugee and migrant women, some who had fled domestic violence, with art and drama activities..

A 44-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder was taken to hospital with slash wounds.

The Metropolitan Police said it believed Ms Rook’s death was “a domestic-related incident”.

Two children aged seven and nine were also taken to hospital as a precaution but are not thought to have been inside the home when the explosion happened.