Biff_Poindexter
Diamond Member
Sir David Amess death: Counter-terror police investigate killing of Conservative MP after stabbing at constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea
Sir David, who represented Southend West in Essex, was attacked on Friday afternoon at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea.
news.sky.com
"Sir David, who represented Southend West in Essex, was attacked on Friday afternoon at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea. The 69-year-old father-of-five had been MP for Southend West since 1997 and first entered parliament in 1983. "A man has been arrested on suspicion murder after a man was stabbed in Leigh-on-Sea," Essex Police said in a statement. "A 25 year-old man was quickly arrested after officers arrived at the scene on suspicion of murder and a knife was recovered. He is currently in custody."
Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said: "This is an incident that will send shockwaves across the parliamentary community and the whole country. "In the coming days we will need to discuss and examine MPs' security and any measures to be taken, but for now, our thoughts and prayers are with David's family, friends and colleagues."
No word yet on if this is being treated as a terror attack or not...the suspect to date has not been identified....The MP belongs to the Conservative party so one can assume it was a liberal labour party sympathizer, muslim, etc...
This is only the 2nd or 3rd time that I know of since 1990 that an MP member has been killed while serving in office...In 1990, Ian Gow was assassinated by the IRA..what some would call terrorism.....and I believe in 2015, Jo Cox was shot and stabbed to death...that also was called terrorism....too soon to say if this latest attack is an act of terrorism....but it seems likely.
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