A man has been arrested on suspicion of the stabbing of Conservative MP David Amess at the place where he was treating members of his constituency in Essex, southeastern England, British media reported on Friday. As COPE has been able to tell and according to police sources, the deputy would have died.
24 happenings 24 happeningsMany politicians have already started to condemn the attack on their colleague, while the British Prime Minister, Conservative Boris Johnson has suspended a meeting with his ministers.
In a statement, the Essex County Police, in the southeast of England, indicated that at 11.05 GMT today they went to the Belfairs Methodist Church in the town of Leigh-on-Sea, where the 69-year-old parliamentarian attends to citizens every Friday, after being alerted to a stabbing.
24 happenings 24 happeningsOfficers detained a suspect and confiscated a knife from him and "no one else is wanted in connection" with the event, according to the note.
What happened is not considered to raise "a risk to the general population", points out.
Numerous politicians have expressed their dismay at what happened, which brings to mind the murder of Labor MP Jo Cox in her constituency's office in northern England on June 16, 2016 by a far-right militant.
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