(CNN) British Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson is in critical condition after being shot in the head in London, her political party said on Sunday. "She is currently in intensive care and in a critical condition." The party said the attack happened "following numerous death threats as a result of her activism." London's Metropolitan Police responded to reports of gunfire in southeast London about 3 a.m. local time Sunday morning, it said in a statement. Police said paramedics transported a 27-year-old woman with gunshot wounds to a south London hospital, and that the incident appeared to have happened near a house party in Southwark.

Source: CNN May 24, 2021 03:45 UTC