LONDON: Scotland Yard said on Saturday that the Conservative MP was murdered. David Ames It was investigating what is believed to be a terrorist attack and a possible Islamist terrorism link to the deadly stabbing, an incident that has shocked the country and the need for security measures for lawmakers engaged in constituency work. Inspired for review.
Members of AIIMS, 69 more British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s verdict conservative PartyHe died on Friday after being stabbed multiple times while meeting his constituents at the Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.
A 25-year-old British man, believed to be of Somali heritage, was arrested on suspicion of murder and detained at a police station in Essex, south-east England.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer offered flowers at the site of a stabbing together on Saturday morning.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Dean Hayden, Senior National Coordinator for Counter Terrorism Policing, formally declared the incident a terrorism. The Metropolitan Police said in a statement, “Preliminary investigations have revealed a possible motivation linked to Islamic extremism.”
“A 25-year-old British man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder. He is currently in custody at a police station in Essex. As part of the investigation, officers are currently conducting searches at two addresses in the London area and these are ongoing.
“It is believed that she acted alone, and we are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident at this time. However, inquiries into the circumstances are ongoing.”
The investigation is being led by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, along with the Eastern Region Specialist Operations Unit (ERSOU) and Essex Police, and police urged any witnesses with any video footage to come forward to aid their interrogation. has done.
UK home Secretary Preeti Patel Announcement of security review of Members of Parliament. Patel, like Ames an Essex MP, paid tribute to his late party colleague as a “people’s man”, “he was absolutely for everyone” and “killed doing what he loved”. .
“We are all struggling to come to terms with the fact that David Ames has been so brutally removed from all of us,” she said.
Patel, who has asked the police forces to immediately review the security arrangements for the MPs, said a balance can be maintained so that face-to-face meetings with constituents can continue.
“We will move forward, we live in an open society, a democracy,” she said. “We cannot be afraid of any person or any motivation to prevent us from working”.
Prime Minister Johnson previously paid tribute to the late Tory MP as “one of the kindest, nicest, most gentlemen in politics”.
Johnson said he had an “excellent record of passing legislation to help the most vulnerable”, adding that “we have lost a fine public servant and a very dear-friend and colleague today”.
Opposition leader Starmer wrote on Twitter: “Horrible and deeply shocking news. Thinking about David, his family and his staff.”
Starmer also wrote that Ames was a devoted public servant, a husband and a father.
Ames represents Southend West in Essex and was undergoing surgery for a constituency – where voters can meet with their elected MP and discuss concerns – at the church on Friday when he was attacked. He was an MP since 1983 and had five children.
He is the second serving British member of parliament to be fatally stabbed in the past five years, following the assassination of Labor MP Joe Cox in 2016.
Members of AIIMS, 69 more British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s verdict conservative PartyHe died on Friday after being stabbed multiple times while meeting his constituents at the Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.
A 25-year-old British man, believed to be of Somali heritage, was arrested on suspicion of murder and detained at a police station in Essex, south-east England.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer offered flowers at the site of a stabbing together on Saturday morning.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Dean Hayden, Senior National Coordinator for Counter Terrorism Policing, formally declared the incident a terrorism. The Metropolitan Police said in a statement, “Preliminary investigations have revealed a possible motivation linked to Islamic extremism.”
“A 25-year-old British man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder. He is currently in custody at a police station in Essex. As part of the investigation, officers are currently conducting searches at two addresses in the London area and these are ongoing.
“It is believed that she acted alone, and we are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident at this time. However, inquiries into the circumstances are ongoing.”
The investigation is being led by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, along with the Eastern Region Specialist Operations Unit (ERSOU) and Essex Police, and police urged any witnesses with any video footage to come forward to aid their interrogation. has done.
UK home Secretary Preeti Patel Announcement of security review of Members of Parliament. Patel, like Ames an Essex MP, paid tribute to his late party colleague as a “people’s man”, “he was absolutely for everyone” and “killed doing what he loved”. .
“We are all struggling to come to terms with the fact that David Ames has been so brutally removed from all of us,” she said.
Patel, who has asked the police forces to immediately review the security arrangements for the MPs, said a balance can be maintained so that face-to-face meetings with constituents can continue.
“We will move forward, we live in an open society, a democracy,” she said. “We cannot be afraid of any person or any motivation to prevent us from working”.
Prime Minister Johnson previously paid tribute to the late Tory MP as “one of the kindest, nicest, most gentlemen in politics”.
Johnson said he had an “excellent record of passing legislation to help the most vulnerable”, adding that “we have lost a fine public servant and a very dear-friend and colleague today”.
Opposition leader Starmer wrote on Twitter: “Horrible and deeply shocking news. Thinking about David, his family and his staff.”
Starmer also wrote that Ames was a devoted public servant, a husband and a father.
Ames represents Southend West in Essex and was undergoing surgery for a constituency – where voters can meet with their elected MP and discuss concerns – at the church on Friday when he was attacked. He was an MP since 1983 and had five children.
He is the second serving British member of parliament to be fatally stabbed in the past five years, following the assassination of Labor MP Joe Cox in 2016.
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