Sasha Johnson: Two further arrests over activist's shooting

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Sasha Johnson in August 2020Image source, PA Media
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Sasha Johnson is a founding member of the Taking the Initiative party

Police have made two more arrests following the shooting of black equal rights activist Sasha Johnson.

Ms Johnson, a 27-year-old mother of two, remains in a critical condition after the attack at a house party in Peckham, south London, on 23 May.

Two men, aged 25 and 19, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder on Wednesday.

Two other men have been charged in connection with the shooting while four other men remain on bail until June.

Ms Johnson was rushed to hospital following the incident in the back garden of a house more than two weeks ago.

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Ms Johnson was shot in the back garden of a house in Consort Road, Peckham

She has undergone two operations to release pressure on her brain since but remains critically ill.

Her mother, Ellet Dalling, previously said they had been left "devastated" by the shooting and her daughter's children keep "asking where their mummy is".

Police arrested a 25-year-old man in Kent in the early hours of Wednesday.

A 19-year-old man was arrested in Southwark, police said.

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