A young man who was shot in his car during last night's rioting in London died today.
A murder hunt was launched as police announced that the 26-year-old victim had died after being admitted to hospital.
He was discovered in a car suffering from gunshot wounds at about 9.15 p.m. as trouble flared in Croydon, south London, last night.
Meanwhile, British Prime Minister David Cameron said this morning that the number of police officers on the streets of London is to be almost trebled tonight to 16,000.
Parliament will also be recalled for a day on Thursday to discuss the developments, the Prime Minister added.
Speaking outside Downing Street after chairing a meeting of the Government's emergency committee, Cobra, he said: "People should be in no doubt that we will do everything necessary to restore order to Britain's streets and to make them safe for the law-abiding."
Iran asks Britain not to use 'violence' against rioters
Meanwhile, Iran urged Britain today to show "restraint" in dealing with rioters, the state television website reported.
Foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast asked "the British government to prevent the use of violence by the police, and to engage in dialogue with the protesters and examine their demands in order to restore calm," the website said.
His remarks came before British Prime Minister David Cameron announced that London will boost its police presence to 16,000 in an attempt to control the riots that have shaken the city since Saturday.
The unrest is the worst since the 1980s and has spread to other cities, including Bristol, Liverpool, and Birmingham, after sweeping through the capital.
In 2009, Britain and other Western countries condemned Tehran for violently crushing protests that followed the controversial re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Iran denounced the Western condemnations as meddling in its internal affairs.
Dozens of people were killed in the opposition demonstrations protesting what they said was massive election fraud. Thousands more were arrested, several hundred of whom were handed long prison terms.