UK lawmaker's killing highlights increased attacks on officials
2021-10-18 08:05:32 source：CGTN
October 17, 2021
The fatal stabbing of Sir David Amess, a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), on Friday has shocked the British political establishment, as the country confronts what appears to be a pattern of lone wolf attacks targeting elected officials.
Amess, 69, was stabbed 17 times in full view of the public during a meeting with his constituents at a church in Leigh-on-Sea, east of London. Police have arrested a 25-year-old man and the incident was declared a terrorist attack.
It is the second murder of a sitting British lawmaker in recent years. In 2016, Labour MP Jo Cox, a pro-EU lawmaker, was shot dead outside her office by a far-right extremist days before the Brexit referendum. Another Labour lawmaker, Stephen Timms, was left seriously wounded in a stabbing attack in 2010.
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