MP David Amess Dies After Knife Attack After Hours

[Spikey]

A Conservative MP has died after being stabbed multiple times in an incident at his constituency surgery.

Sir David Amess, who represents Southend West in Essex, was attacked on Friday at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea.

A man walked into his constituency surgery and stabbed him multiple times.

Conservative MP Sir David Amess has died after being stabbed at his constituency surgery in Essex.

Police said a 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the stabbing at a church in Leigh-on-Sea.

They said they recovered a knife and were not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.

Sir David, 69, had been an MP since 1983 and was married with five children.

 

[Steve]

Sickening. He was an elected official doing his job of representing his constituents. A sad day for democracy.

 

[Keren]

A truly awful event. An elected representative murdered. Dreadful day for politics.

 

[Tom]

When I heard this earlier I thought he'd be ok because they said he was being treated at the scene. That was misinterpreted. They were treating him at the scene because he needed immediate life-saving attention. They couldn't move him. Sadly now he's died. What a world we live in.

 

[Gemma]

Utterly awful news. Regardless of political leaning, he was at a surgery trying to do right by his constituents.

 

[Gromit]

Terrible news.

BBC saying that the attack has been declared a terrorist incident.

"Officers from the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command are leading the investigation and police have said the early investigation has revealed "a potential motivation linked to Islamist extremism".

 

[Sad Professor]

This is disgusting. I think they should seriously consider bringing back the death penalty for crimes like this and the recent murder of Sarah Everard.

 

[Katy]

The name the police have of the terror suspect arrested on suspicion of murder following the stabbing of a senior Conservative MP is Ali Harbi Ali.

According to the Sunday Times, the suspected killer was known to counterterrorist police