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© press BLM leader Sasha Johnson has been shot in the head in London A leading British Black Lives Matter activist is fighting for her life in hospital after being shot in the head, according to reports. The shooting occurred in the early hours of Sunday close to a London house party. Sasha Johnson, the self-styled "brutally" attacked after receiving multiple death threats, her political party said. Supporters of the far-left activist insist the shooting was "a result of her activism." However, the Metropolitan Police disputed the allegations, insisting there is nothing to suggest it was ...

While the Taking the Initiative party said the incident unfolded after Johnson had received "numerous death threats", police said that at this point, "there is nothing to suggest that the woman who was shot was the subject of a targeted attack". They further said that they had seen no evidence to suggest that she had received "any credible threats against her prior to this incident". Meanwhile, a friend of Johnson's has told multiple British outlets that they do not believe the activist was the intended target of the shooting and that it was likely an incident involving rival gangs. In a stat...

Mother-of-three Sasha Johnson is in a critical condition in hospital. Officials from the Taking The Initiative Party (TTIP), an economic and political group she works for, said the shooting happened in the early hours of Sunday and followed "numerous death threats". A Met police statement said there was nothing to suggest that it had been a targeted attack. The Oxford graduate is a known figure in the Black Lives Matter movement and is described as "a strong, powerful voice for our people and our community" by the TTIP. In a statement, the TTIP said: "It is with great sadness that w...

Last modified on Mon 24 May 2021 10.33 EDT Detectives investigating the shooting of the Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson believe she was not the intended target, and are trying to track down those who left her fighting for her life. Johnson was shot in the head while in the garden of a south London property early on Sunday morning at a gathering of 20 to 40 people. Detectives are investigating whether somebody else at the gathering was the intended target, and Johnson was hit by mistake, or whether the shooting was indiscriminate. The police do not believe the shooting was targeted o...

AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez Multiple media outlets are reporting this morning on the shooting of prominent UK Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson. The shooting reportedly happened at around 3 a.m. local time in London near a house party, according to police. The “Taking the Initiative” party, of which she is a member, confirmed her shooting on their Facebook page and said it happened “following numerous death threats”: It is with great sadness that we inform you that our own Sasha Johnson has sustained a gunshot wound to her head. She is currently hospitalised and in a critical...