Five arrested over murder of teenager

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Police have arrested five people over the murder of an 18-year-old woman.

Aliza Ahmed Mirza from Lansdowne Road, Ilford, was stabbed to death in Manor Park, east London, on Saturday night. Officers arrested two men, a 17-year-old and a 45-year old, on suspicion of murder, while another man, aged 42, and two women, aged 20 and 41, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.

Emergency services were called to Forest View Road at about 7.40pm on Saturday night after a woman collapsed. She was taken to Whipps Cross Hospital where she was pronounced dead.