The killing of British MP David Amess is an act of terrorism

British police have announced that the assassination of Conservative MP David Amess, stabbed on Friday afternoon at a meeting with voters, it was an act of terrorism, probably linked to Islamic extremism.

Amess, who was 69 and a British Conservative Party MP, died after being stabbed multiple times during a meeting with his constituents at a Methodist church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, south-east England. . Immediately after the assassination, the police arrested a 25-year-old man with British citizenship.

A few hours later, in an official statement, the police announced that the attack had been formally declared as an act of terrorism. According to initial investigations, the man had “a possible motive linked to Islamic extremism”.

The murder of Sir David Amess in #Essex earlier today has now been declared as a terrorist incident, and the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command will lead the investigation.

Read more here: https://t.co/qM34hqoqBz

— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) October 15, 2021

According to sources of the Guardian, the generalities of man would match to those of a person who had already been referred to the “Prevent” program, set up by the British government to control people at risk of radicalization.

According to Telegraph, that has rebuilt the dynamics of the attack, the person who killed Amess was with others inside the Methodist church of Leigh-on-Sea waiting for the arrival of the deputy for his periodic meeting with local voters. In parliament, deputies are protected by armed police, but to attend the Leigh-on-Sea meeting it was enough to leave your name and surname to the staff. Outside the church door was a sign saying “Everyone is welcome here.”

When Amess entered the church, the man stepped forward and stabbed him. The police and several ambulances arrived almost immediately. Amess was rescued but died on the spot.

Again according to the Telegraph, the man who had stabbed him would not have tried to escape, and would have awaited the arrival of the police, allowing himself to be arrested.

Sir David Amess MP 1952-2021 pic.twitter.com/RwCkSkYQi3

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) October 15, 2021

After the arrest, police searched two buildings in London (which is quite close to where Amess was killed) but later reported that they believe the man acted alone, and that there are no other suspects. .

Amess was 69, had entered the British Parliament in 1983 and had represented the Southend West constituency since 1997.

Speaking of the attack on Amess, some newspapers recalled British Labor MP Jo Cox, who on June 16, 2016 was killed by a man who attacked her on the street in northern England, shooting and wounding her repeatedly with a knife. The man, 52-year-old Briton Thomas Miar, was arrested shortly after.

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