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# Police appeal to LGBTQ+ community after gay man killed in London
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/police-appeal-to-lgbtq-community-after-gay-man-killed-in-london/
- Published: 2021-09-06T12:51:29.000Z
- Updated: 2021-09-06T12:51:29.000Z
- Description: Police have called for LGBTQ+ people to help provide information about Ranjith “Roy” Kankanamalage, who was found dead in a London cemetery.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, gay, Hate Crime, LGBTQ, London, Met Police

Police have called for LGBTQ+ people to help provide information about Ranjith “Roy” Kankanamalage, a 50-year-old gay man who was recently found dead in a London cemetery, with his murder being treated as a hate crime. According to the [*Independent*](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/lgbt-tower-hamlets-murder-roy-kankanamalage-b1914051.html?ref=scenemag.co.uk), Kankanamalage’s body was found at around 7 am on August 16 in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park. The cause of death was trauma to the head.

A 36-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of having a connection to the attack but has now been released on bail. Speaking to the press on September 3, Detective superintendent Pete Wallis said police are *“keen to understand the community”* that surrounded Kankanamalage, adding: *“We are reaching out to various advisory groups including the LGBTQ+ community… so we can learn to understand that community so we can engage with them, and hopefully gain their confidence.”*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/tower_hamlets_cemetery_park_600.jpg)

Kankanamalage’s body was found in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, London

Wallis explained that authorities are *“looking to identify those witnesses who may have seen the victim in the park…but also who may have known the victim in the community.”* Police have requested that anybody with information should call 0208 345 3865, 101, or Tweet MetCC quoting 1277/16.