Reform UK’s Ann Widdecombe murdered in targeted attack, police say

British ⁠counterterrorism police said on Tuesday that ⁠former government minister Ann Widdecombe, who was found murdered at her home last week, was clearly targeted, adding that officers were still working to establish the motive.“It is clear that this was a targeted attack. We are still working ‌to understand the extent of any planning or preparation and the motivation that sits behind that attack,” Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, head of Britain’s counterterrorism policing, told reporters.Taylor declined to comment on the attacker’s motive, saying: “It is a complex investigation. It would be wrong for me to try and ascribe either an ideology (to the ⁠attacker) or what that motivation might be at this stage.”