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LONDON - British lawmaker Stephen Timms, a former treasury minister in the previous Labour government has been stabbed, a party spokesman said on Friday.

Timms was taken to a local hospital but his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening, the Labour official said.

Police said a 21-year-old woman had been arrested in connection with the incident which took place at his constituency office in east London on Friday afternoon.