Ann Widdecombe, 78, a former British government minister, was found dead with serious injuries at her rural southwest England home on July 9. A white British man was arrested in Rotherham on July 11, and British counter-terrorism police are leading the inquiry, though Devon and Cornwall police stated on July 12 there was no evidence of political motive or terrorism. Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood confirmed on July 13 that multiple lines of enquiry remain open.