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Police have launched a murder investigation after a man was shot dead in a north London cemetery.

Armed officers, as well as the national police air service, found a 22-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds at Tottenham cemetery on Monday morning. London ambulance service attended just before 8am, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said his next of kin had been informed but there had been no postmortem or formal identification. No arrests have been made.

DI Simon Stancombe from the Metropolitan police’s homicide and major crime command said: “At this early stage of the investigation, we are keeping an open mind to the motive of this attack. I urge anyone who may have seen anything to contact police as soon as possible.”

A London ambulance service spokeswoman said it sent an incident response officer, an advanced paramedic, two single responders in cars and an ambulance crew. “Sadly, despite our efforts, a person died at the scene,” she said.

The Met has opened 100 homicide investigations so far this year. Although some were later reclassified, the high death toll has raised fears about levels of violence in the capital and provoked a political row over who is to blame.

There were 117 homicides last year, excluding the deaths in the Westminster, London Bridge and Finsbury Park terrorist attacks.