Ann Widdecombe’s killing is being treated as terrorism after “new information and evidence” came to light, police have said.
The suspect being held on suspicion of murdering the veteran politician was not known to the anti-terrorism Prevent programme, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood told the Commons on Monday.
The suspect, a 28-year-old white British man, was arrested on suspicion of murder by armed police at a council house in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, on Saturday evening.
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He was rearrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism on Monday, Counter Terrorism Policing South East said.
