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A man has been taken to hospital after being shot outside a library in south-east London.

Emergency services were called to Peckham Library in Peckham Hill Street shortly before 6.40pm on Wednesday (November 5).

Police and London Ambulance Service crews found a man with a gunshot wound at the scene. He was treated by paramedics before being taken to hospital, where his condition remains unknown.

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called at 6.38pm on Wednesday 5 November to reports of a shooting on Peckham Hill Street, SE15.

"We sent resources, in

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