A serving soldier has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was stabbed to death, the Ministry of Defence has announced.
Police were called to Mellor Street in Droylsden, Greater Manchester, at about 7.45pm on Sunday by the ambulance service following reports a woman had been assaulted.
Police said officers attended to find a 24-year-old woman with stab wounds.
She was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead a short time later.
A 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, police said.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said: "We can confirm that on March 11, a serving soldier from 1 Lancs (1st Battalion the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment) was arrested on suspicion of murder."
He added: "The matter is subject to an ongoing civil police investigation and it would be inappropriate to comment further whilst this is ongoing."
Detective Superintendent Vincent Petrykowski, from Greater Manchester Police's Major Incident Team, said: "We are in the early stages of the investigation and are working to establish the full circumstances of what happened.
"I would like to reassure residents that we do not believe there is any danger to the community, we believe this is an isolated incident and would urge anyone who may have seen something to contact us."