London, United Kingdom – The murder of a 28-year-old teacher in a London park has reignited a national conversation over women’s safety, six months after the death of Sarah Everard, who was killed by a police officer, topped the United Kingdom’s political agenda.
Sabina Nessa, a primary school teacher, was killed a week ago on the evening of September 17 while walking in Cator Park in Kidbrooke, an area in the capital’s southeastern Borough of Greenwich.
It is understood that she was on her way to meet a friend at a bar less than a 10-minute walk away from her home on Astell Road when she was attacked at about 8:30pm, according to London’s Metropolitan Police Service (Met).
Her body was found by police officers in Cator Park the following afternoon, nearly 24 hours later, close to a local community centre.
A post-mortem carried out on Monday proved inconclusive.
On Thursday, a 38-year-old man was arrested in London on suspicion of murder. He remains in custody.
Police have also released images of another man they wish to speak to in connection with the case.
Officers have appealed for any witnesses or individuals with information of the incident to contact them.
“We know the community are rightly shocked by this murder – as are we – and we are using every resource available to us to find the individual responsible,” Joe Garrity, the detective inspector leading the Met’s investigation, said in a statement.
