Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of murder after a woman was stabbed to death in Bermondsey, south London, on Christmas Eve. The Metropolitan police were called shortly after 10pm to reports of a 22-year-old woman with a stab injury at a residential property in Spenlow House on Jamaica Road. Paramedics from the London ambulance service and London’s air ambulance provided the victim with emergency first aid, but she died at the scene. Her family have been informed. In a statement, the Met said urgent inquiries were being carried out and that the 16-year-old boy, who was known to the victim, was arrested nearby a short time later on suspicion of murder. He remains in custody at a south London police station. Ch Supt Seb Adjei-Addoh, the local policing commander for Southwark, said: “This is a tragic incident and my thoughts are with the woman’s family and friends at this incredibly difficult time. “We recognise this will also have an impact on the wider community and we will have additional patrols in the area over the coming days to provide reassurance.” Detectives from the Met’s specialist crime command are leading the investigation. DCI Brian Howie said: “Our investigation continues and a team of detectives are working at pace to establish what happened that resulted in a young woman losing her life. My thoughts, and those of my team, are with her family and friends at this awful time.” He added that while one person had been arrested, the police want to hear from anyone who was in the Spenlow House area between 7pm and 11pm on Sunday 24 December and may have seen or heard anything suspicious. “I would urge anyone with any information that may be relevant to our investigation, no matter how insignificant it may have seemed at the time, to come forward immediately,” he said. A postmortem is scheduled to take place on Tuesday.