Police are treating the death of a man whose body was found in Hyde Park as murder.
Officers were called to the park in central London on Friday after a member of the public found the man suffering from injuries.
By the time officers arrived at the scene, the man was dead and police are now treating it as murder,.
Scotland Yard said inquiries are continuing to establish the man’s identity and inform his next of kin.
A post-mortem examination held on Saturday at Westminster Mortuary did not ascertain a cause of death, but it showed that the man was the victim of an assault.
Police set up a cordon spanning an area the size of two football pitches in the park.
The scene is near the mosaic to commemorate The Reformers’ Tree in Hyde Park.
The body, which was close to Speakers’ Corner, could be seen under a tree before investigators in white crime scene suits erected a tent over it.
No arrests have been made and inquiries are ongoing.
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