Stephen Timms stabbed in London
British Labour Party member and former treasury minister Stephen Timms was stabbed on Friday in north-east London. 55 years old Stephen Timms was residing in East Ham in his office when he got attacked.
According to Scotland Yard the attacker is a 21 year old woman who was wearing muslim dress when he stabbed Timms twice in the stomach. The woman was taken into custody now. Last night BBC reported that Timms was brought into hospital but his condition is not life-threatening.
Stephen Timms is one of the veteran of the British Labour Party which governed UK for the last 13 years.
After last week’s parliamentary election the Labour Party has lost governance and was forced back into opposition. He is representing his constituency since 1994 and in the past he held several ministerial and under-secretary level posts in the Ministry of Finance.
Scotland Yard has not given yet details about the reason for Friday’s attack.
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