Vigil held for black rights activist Sasha Johnson after south London shooting
A black equal rights activist is fighting for her life after being caught up in gunfire when violence erupted at a party.Sasha Johnson is in a critical condition in hospital after she was shot in the head in Peckham, south-east London, in the early hours of Sunday morning.On Monday a group gathered around the bandstand in Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, to hold a vigil for Ms Johnson close to the hospital where she is being treated.
Protests broke out in Peckham, London, over the planned transfer of asylum seekers to the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset.
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A 36-year-old man has appeared in court charged with murder after 14-year-old schoolboy Daniel Anjorin was killed in a samurai sword attack in north-east London on Tuesday. Marcus Arduini Monzo, a dual Spanish-Brazilian national living in Newham in east London, arrived at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday morning. Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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A black equal rights activist was shot in the head when a group of four men opened fire at a party, police have said.Sasha Johnson was rushed to hospital with “very serious” injuries after the..
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British Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson is in critical condition after being shot in the head in London, her political party said. Earlier this month, CNN’s Salma Abdelaziz spent time with..
Commander Alison Heydari says Metropolitan Police are looking for “a group of young black men” in connection with the shooting of Sasha Johnson but does not think it was a targeted attack. Ms..
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