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A black equal rights activist is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot in the head in south London yesterday.

Police are appealing for information after Sasha Johnson, 27, was found with life-threatening injuries in Southwark at about 3am on Sunday morning.

In a statement on its Facebook page, the Taking The Initiative Party, a new political group she was part of, said: "It is with great sadness that we inform you that our own Sasha Johnson has sustained a gunshot wound to her head.