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One of Britain’s most well-known Black Lives Matter activists is fighting for her life in a hospital after being shot in the head at a London house party. Sasha Johnson, 27, became a familiar face as an organizer and speaker at the anti-racism demonstrations that spread from the United States to Britain last summer. The political group she co-founded, the Taking the Initiative Party, said in a statement that Johnson was shot early Sunday.
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The prominent UK Black Lives Matter activist who is in critical condition after she was shot in the head on Sunday had previously received numerous death threats, according to the group with which she worked.
The Taking the Initiative Party said Sasha Johnson, who played a leading role in Black Lives Matter protests last year, was shot in the head on Sunday. She underwent surgery on Monday, the party said in a social media post.
Police and a friend said it did not appear to be a targeted attack, though the party said Johnson had received numerous death threats related to her activism before the shooting.
Published May 24, 2021 Updated May 24, 2021, 1:35 pm CDT
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Johnson, 27, was critically wounded by a gunshot to the head at a party in London in the early hours of Sunday morning. While Johnson has frequently received death threats and initial reports indicated she was the target, a friend told the BBC that she was an unintended victim of a drive-by shooting that involved two rival gangs. Advertisement Hide
Johnson is on the executive committee of the Taking The Initiative Party, a recently formed British political party, and an outspoken advocate for racial equality. Some of her more incendiary statements have drawn significant criticisms. She is widely known as the Black Panther of Oxford.