British Police Call Killing Of UK MP David Amess "Terrorist Incident"

Saturday, 16 October 2021Newsdesk
British Police Call Killing Of UK MP David Amess "Terrorist Incident"
The fatal stabbing of British MP David Amess was a terrorist incident, police said Saturday, at they investigated the second killing of a UK politician while meeting voters since 2016.

New Delhi, 16 October 2021

As per news report of NDTV, The Metropolitan Police said its preliminary findings had revealed "a potential motivation linked to Islamist extremism". Amess, a 69-year-old pro-Brexit Conservative lawmaker, was stabbed to death inside a church on Friday while holding a fortnightly consultation with his constituents in the small town of Leigh-on-Sea, in Essex, east of London. Police arrested a 25-year-old man at the scene on suspicion of murder and recovered a knife. Essex police said officers had responded "within minutes" to reports of the stabbing shortly after 12:05 pm (1105 GMT) and arrived to find Amess had "suffered multiple injuries".

Source - NDTV

Read More >>

If you like the story and if you wish more such stories, support our effort Make a donation.