Black Lives Matter activist was shot in the head at party in Peckham, south-east London

Police say they are hunting four men who burst into a party before shots rang out leaving Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson critically injured with a gun shot wound to the head.

Johnson, who came to prominence last year as protests for racial justice sprang up across Britain, was not specifically targeted, nor was the shooting linked to her activism, police believe.

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