DETECTIVES are investigating the suspicious death of a 16-year-old boy who had suffered serious head injuries.

A member of the public found the boy just after 11.25pm on Saturday night in Southend Road, Beckenham.

He was taken to Lewisham Hospital but later died.

Officers from the Met’s Specialist Crime Directorate, who are dealing with the case, sealed off the street. Nine arrests have been made.