British parliamentarian David Amess was stabbed – Corriere.it

David Amess, MP for the Tories, Boris Johnson’s party, was repeatedly stabbed by a man while at a church meeting in Essex.

David amess, British Conservative MP, state repeatedly stabbed while he was meeting with constituents of his constituency at a church in Essex, the Belfairs Methodist Church di Leigh-on-Sea.

According to the first news of the Sky News broadcaster, relaunched by the Reuters agency, the parliamentarian was stabbed by a man who entered the meeting and attacked him.

Amess is currently undergoing medical treatment at the stabbing site. His condition is not known at the moment.

still inside the church, they don’t let us in to see it. It looks like a very serious situation, said Tories rep John Lamb.

The stabber was arrested, and the police said they were not looking for other suspects. He does not know at the moment the identity of the attacker, nor what are the reasons behind his gesture. The area around the church was surrounded by law enforcement.

Amess, 69, was first elected to Parliament in 1983. According to Reuters news agency, the MP on his website points to animal welfare and pro-life issues as one of his interests.

Immediate comments of solidarity and closeness to the MP and his family from all British parties. The leader of Labor, Keir Starmer, tweeted: This is horrible news, I’m in shock. I send a thought to David, his family, his staff.

In 2000, the Liberal Democrat MP Nigel Jones and his right arm Andrew Pennington they had been attacked by a man armed with a sword, who had killed the second and wounded the first. In 2010 the Labor MP Stephen Times he had survived a stabbing during a meeting with his constituents: a young Islamic extremist hit him. In 2016 Jo Cox, also from Labor, was killed within days of the Brexit referendum by a right-wing extremist, who was later convicted.

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