A 16-year-old boy has died in the fifth suspected fatal stabbing to the hit the capital in a week.

The young victim was found with suspected stab wounds in Tulse Hill, south London, after police were called to reports of a shooting in Greenleaf Close at 10.53pm.

Paramedics tried to save the boy, but he was pronounced dead at 11.41pm, the Metropolitan Police said as it opened a murder inquiry.

Officers believe the boy had suffered stab rather than gunshot wounds, although the Met stressed that inquiries were at an early stage.

No arrests have been made and the boy's next-of-kin have been informed.

The suspected murder would bring the number of homicides in London this year to 119, with this the fifth in six days.

On Monday, the Mayor of London warned it could take a generation to turn the tide of violent crime in the capital.

Sadiq Khan was speaking after a series of fatal stabbings in London in recent days.