LEIGH-ON-SEA: The father of a man arrested for fatally stabbing a British MP during a meeting with local voters has told British media he was shocked and “hurt” by his son’s arrest, Because the police was interrogating the suspect. Terrorism Law.
According to the Sunday Times, Herbie Ali Kulne, a former adviser to the Prime Minister of Somalia, said he was met by counter-terrorism police.
“I feel very hurt. This is not something I expected or even dreamed of,” he was quoted as saying.
British officials have not released the name of the suspect in the fatal stabbing of 69-year-old Conservative MP David jumbled up Friday, but British media reported that the suspect was Ali Herbie AliThe 25-year-old is believed to be a British citizen of Somali heritage.
The longtime parliamentarian was attacked during a routine meeting with his constituents at a church in Leigh-on-Sea, a town about 40 miles (62 km) east of London.
The Metropolitan Police described the attack as terrorism and said that preliminary investigations have suggested “a possible motivation linked to Islamic extremism”.
It is not clear whether, if any, the suspect had links to Ames.
Police have been given additional time to interrogate the suspect, who was arrested on suspicion of murder but is yet to be charged. The BBC and others reported that the suspect had been sent a few years ago to a government program aimed at deterring people from supporting extremism, but said he was not a formal subject of interest to security services.
Many in the seaside town of Leh-on-Sea have paid tribute to AIIMS, who has served in Parliament since 1983 and was knighted. Queen Elizabeth II in 2015. A church service is planned in the city for a later Sunday. In London, police investigating the murder continued to search two addresses.
Friday’s killing sparked renewed concern about the risks politicians face regarding their work. The attack comes five years after the Labor lawmaker Joe Cox He was killed by a far-right extremist in his constituency in West Yorkshire.
home Secretary Preeti Patel said on Sunday that officials are reviewing security arrangements for lawmakers, and measures being considered include police protection during regular meetings, known as “surgery” between lawmakers and their constituents. Is.
But Patel said he did not believe the AIIMS murder would change the relationship between MPs and their voters.
“It should never, ever break the link between an elected representative and his democratic role, responsibility and the duty of those elected to him,” she told Sky News on Sunday.
House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle said she is working closely with the Home Office and police to identify ways to improve the security of lawmakers.
According to the Sunday Times, Herbie Ali Kulne, a former adviser to the Prime Minister of Somalia, said he was met by counter-terrorism police.
“I feel very hurt. This is not something I expected or even dreamed of,” he was quoted as saying.
British officials have not released the name of the suspect in the fatal stabbing of 69-year-old Conservative MP David jumbled up Friday, but British media reported that the suspect was Ali Herbie AliThe 25-year-old is believed to be a British citizen of Somali heritage.
The longtime parliamentarian was attacked during a routine meeting with his constituents at a church in Leigh-on-Sea, a town about 40 miles (62 km) east of London.
The Metropolitan Police described the attack as terrorism and said that preliminary investigations have suggested “a possible motivation linked to Islamic extremism”.
It is not clear whether, if any, the suspect had links to Ames.
Police have been given additional time to interrogate the suspect, who was arrested on suspicion of murder but is yet to be charged. The BBC and others reported that the suspect had been sent a few years ago to a government program aimed at deterring people from supporting extremism, but said he was not a formal subject of interest to security services.
Many in the seaside town of Leh-on-Sea have paid tribute to AIIMS, who has served in Parliament since 1983 and was knighted. Queen Elizabeth II in 2015. A church service is planned in the city for a later Sunday. In London, police investigating the murder continued to search two addresses.
Friday’s killing sparked renewed concern about the risks politicians face regarding their work. The attack comes five years after the Labor lawmaker Joe Cox He was killed by a far-right extremist in his constituency in West Yorkshire.
home Secretary Preeti Patel said on Sunday that officials are reviewing security arrangements for lawmakers, and measures being considered include police protection during regular meetings, known as “surgery” between lawmakers and their constituents. Is.
But Patel said he did not believe the AIIMS murder would change the relationship between MPs and their voters.
“It should never, ever break the link between an elected representative and his democratic role, responsibility and the duty of those elected to him,” she told Sky News on Sunday.
House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle said she is working closely with the Home Office and police to identify ways to improve the security of lawmakers.
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