Sasha Johnson in critical condition after gunshot to the head

BLM activist Sasha Johnson was shot in head in Southwark, London in the early hours of Sunday following numerous death threats.

Sasha Johnson a prominent member of TTIP, which has been described as “Britain’s first Black-led political party” rose to prominence after last year’s BLM protests spread around the country. Helping to organise marches and addressing crowds.

The Metropolitan police later reissued an appeal for witnesses inr elation to a 27-year-old woman who is in hospital with life threatening injuries after being shot in the early hours on Sunday., in the vicinity of a house where a party was taking place and several people may have been in the area. The Met said the woman was found after officers were called to reports of gunshots in Peckham, south-east London, shortly before 3 am.

DCI Jimi Tele said: “This was a shocking incident that has left a young woman with very serious injuries. Our thoughts are with her family who are being provided with support at this terribly difficult time.”