London hammer attack victim named as Canary Wharf finance worker Ania Gos

A woman fighting for her life alongside her mother after an unprovoked hammer attack works for a financial services firm in Canary Wharf.

Ania Gos, 30, was one of two women apparently targeted at random in New Eltham, south-east London.

Employer S&P Global said in a statement how colleagues were "extremely shocked and saddened" by the "senseless" attack on Ms Gos and her mother on Sunday afternoon.

Officers found the pair suffering from devastating injuries "consistent with a violent assault", the Met said. Detectives arrested Joe Xuereb, 27, who is believed to live nearby.

An S&P Global spokesman would not discuss what position she held at the company, but a LinkedIn page described her as working in business support services for McGraw Hill Financial: a former name for the firm.

The social media site said Ms Gos received an English qualification at King's College London in 2008 after earning a Master's degree in history from the University of Lodz in Poland.

Ms Gos's 64-year-old mother was visiting from Poland when she was attacked, neighbours said.

The two victims remained in a critical condition on Monday afternoon.

Police arrested Xuereb on suspicion of two counts of attempted murder at 7.35pm on Sunday after a media appeal.

He had been spotted by a woman who then followed him in her car, until the force detained him in Sidcup, south-east London.

Additional reporting by Press Association