British detectives started questioning a 36-year-old man for his alleged link to the murder of the London schoolteacher Sabina Nessa, in what they called a “significant development” in the case, reports The Guardian.
The man was arrested yesterday from East Sussex and then taken into custody. He is the third man to be arrested over the killing as yet.
Two men previously arrested by homicide detectives – a 38-year-old man and a man in his 40s – were released under investigation.
DCI Neil John, of the Metropolitan police’s specialist crime command, said: “Sabina’s family have been informed of this significant development and they continue to be supported by specialist officers.”
Nessa, 28, is suspected to have been killed as she made what should have been a five-minute journey on foot to a pub from her home at about 8.30pm on Friday last week.
She was found dead the following day in Cater Park in Kidbrooke, south-east London, where on Friday about 500 mourners held a candlelit vigil in her memory. The killing has reignited concerns about the level of danger women face in Britain.
Mentionable, the victim was a British-Bangladeshi, according to several media reports.