Man held after beheaded body found in London

A man was found beheaded on a street in north London today after police were called to reports of a serious incident.

A man was found beheaded on a street in north London today after police were called to reports of a serious incident.

Police said they had found the body of man in his 60s in the Swiss Cottage area of the British capital.

"He was beheaded," a police spokesman said. "We think it was done with an axe."

A man was arrested at the scene and is being questioned.

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