Police launch murder probe after body of man is found near Speakers' Corner in London's Hyde Park

  • Police arrived at the park around 6am to find the man dead on the ground
  • Cordon the size of two football pitches was set up inside the London park 
  • Scotland Yard's homicide and major crime unit treating death as murder

By Rory Tingle and Alex Robertson For Mailonline

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Police have launched a murder investigation after finding the body of a man near Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park. 

Officers were called to the London visitor hotspot at around 5.50am on Friday after a member of the public reported seeing the man with injuries.

He was dead when officers arrived and detectives from Scotland Yard's homicide and major crime command are now treating his death as murder.

Police have launched a murder investigation after finding the body of a man near Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park

Police have launched a murder investigation after finding the body of a man near Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park

Officers were called to the London visitor hotspot at around 5.50am on Friday after a member of the public found a man with injuries

Officers were called to the London visitor hotspot at around 5.50am on Friday after a member of the public found a man with injuries

The man was dead when officers arrived, and detectives from Scotland Yard's homicide and major crime command are now treating the death as murder 

The man was dead when officers arrived, and detectives from Scotland Yard's homicide and major crime command are now treating the death as murder 

Police 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 decide on a cause of death, but it found he was the victim of an assault.

Police set up a cordon spanning an area the size of two football pitches.

The scene is near the mosaic to commemorate The Reformers' Tree in Hyde Park.

The body could be seen under a tree before investigators in white crime scene suits erected a tent over it.

Metropolitan Police were called to the scene, close to Marble Arch underground station, just before 6am following concern for a man's welfare

Metropolitan Police were called to the scene, close to Marble Arch underground station, just before 6am following concern for a man's welfare

The body, which is close to Speakers' Corner, could be seen under a tree, as investigators in white crime scene suits erected a tent over it

The body, which is close to Speakers' Corner, could be seen under a tree, as investigators in white crime scene suits erected a tent over it

One officer was heard telling a member of the public that the incident 'happened in the last couple of hours and we are trying to get to the bottom of it'

One officer was heard telling a member of the public that the incident 'happened in the last couple of hours and we are trying to get to the bottom of it'

At least 30 officers were at the scene at one point as part of the investigation.

Scotland Yard said no arrests have been made and inquiries are ongoing.

Anyone who witnessed anything suspicious or has information that may assist the investigation is asked to call police via 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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