Counter-Terrorism Police Take Over Ann Widdecombe Investigation After "New Evidence"
Police said new information led counter-terrorism officers to take over the probe and rearrest a 28-year-old man on terrorism suspicion.
- Counter Terrorism Policing South East is now leading the murder investigation into former MP Ann Widdecombe after "new information and evidence have come to light," officials announced on Monday.
- A 28-year-old white British man was arrested in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, on Saturday and subsequently re-arrested on suspicion of commission, preparation, or instigation of acts of terrorism.
- Widdecombe, 78, was found dead at her home in Haytor, Devon, on Thursday; police believe the Reform UK spokeswoman sustained serious injuries during an attack last Wednesday.
- Authorities previously stated there was "nothing to suggest that it was politically motivated," though the shift to counter-terrorism policing signals a broadened scope for the investigation.
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will update the House of Commons on Monday, while police pursue multiple lines of enquiry to establish the attack's motivation.
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Originally the police had ruled out a political motive behind the crime of the woman, a well-known figure of the political right but also of British television entertainment
The killing of British politician Widdecombe is now classified by the investigators as an act of terror. The 28-year-old suspect, who was initially released, was arrested again.
For the 3rd time in a decade, U.K. counterterrorism police is probing the killing of a British politician
After three days in which British authorities suggested there was no information suggesting a political or terroristic motive to last week's killing of longtime MP Ann Widdecombe, it was revealed Monday that the top counterterrorism unit is low leading the investigation.
The investigation yesterday took a turn of enormous importance after the Anti-Terrorist Police took over the case after the appearance of "new information and new evidence."
(London=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Ji-yeon = The counter-terrorism investigation team will take charge of the investigation into the assassination of a senior politician belonging to the British right-wing Reform Party, said Shabana Mahmoud, UK...
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