October 16, 2021

British counter-terrorist officers are investigating the death of Conservative MP David Amess, who was stabbed several times at his constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, east of London, on Friday.

The Metropolitan Police on Saturday formally declared the incident as terrorism and said early investigations had revealed “a potential motivation linked to Islamist extremism.”

A 25-year-old British man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and is in custody, the police statement said.

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