British woman killed in Phnom Penh park, Congolese suspect arrested

A British woman was found stabbed to death in a Phnom Penh park late on Friday, and local police arrested a foreign national less than 24 hours later on suspicion of murder in what investigators say may have been a dispute linked to a love triangle. The victim was identified as 34-year-old Jessica Cariad Hopkins, who was discovered with multiple stab wounds just before midnight on August 29 in a park near Koh Pich in the capital, officials said.

Police and local officials said the body was found lying in grass in the Chamkarmon district, near City Hall, with a bloodied knife recovered close by. Some reports used the alternate spelling Chamkar Mon for the district. Witnesses told investigators they saw the attack and alerted police, who arrived at the scene shortly after it occurred.

Authorities named 33-year-old Kidikila Nganda Glodie, believed to be from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as the suspect. Police said she was located at a beauty salon about 1.5 miles from the park on Saturday afternoon and taken into custody. Accounts of the time of arrest varied in initial reports, with local coverage placing it between about 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., but officials said the...