Three people, including a child, have died after falling from a high-rise block of flats in Elephant and Castle in south London.
Emergency services were called to outside the UNCLE building in Churchyard Row at 7.29am on Wednesday, with a woman, man and child found dead at the scene.
Reports had been made to the police that people had fallen from a height. Despite efforts to resuscitate them, they were pronounced dead at the scene.
Their next of kin has been informed and are being supported by specialist officers.
The Met Police said officers attended alongside the London Ambulance Service, London’s Air Ambulance and the London Fire Brigade.
Police said the deaths were being treated as unexpected and that no other injuries had been reported.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 7.31am on Wednesday 27 May to reports of an incident on Churchyard Row, SE11.
“We sent a number of resources to the scene including ambulance crews, a paramedic in a fast response car, an incident response officer and paramedics from our hazardous area response team (Hart). We also dispatched a trauma team in a car from London’s Air Ambulance.
“Our first paramedic arrived in around four minutes.
“Very sadly, despite the best efforts of our crews, three people were pronounced dead the scene.”