The London police proceeded this Sunday, September 26 in the morning to the arrest of a 38-year-old man suspected of the murder of Sabina Nessa, a 28-year-old Briton found dead last week in a park in the capital.
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The south-east London teacher was missing on Friday as she left her home to a bar a five-minute walk away.
A passer-by had found his body the next day, around 5:30 p.m., hidden under a pile of leaves, according to the British press agency PA.
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A 38-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder around 3 a.m. on Sunday, September 26, at an address in East Sussex
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He was taken into custody
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The Met police did not say if this man was the one they had actively sought for several days, seen near the place of the kidnapping on a CCTV tape.
Hundreds of people gathered for a vibrant tribute
Two other people, a 38-year-old man and another in his 40s, with no apparent connection, had previously been arrested by Scotland Yard, before being released.
On Friday evening, hundreds of people gathered in south-east London for a moving vigil in honor of the teacher, provided with bouquets, candles or signs, to show their solidarity with the relatives of the victim.
Vigil organized Friday, September 24 in south-east London in homage to the murdered teacher.
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Sabina Nessa's death comes just months after that of Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old Londoner who was attacked in the middle of the street and then killed in early March on her way home: a case that had upset the United Kingdom and revived the debate on the safety of women in public space.
