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Man arrested on suspicion of murder after Conservative MP attacked during regular surgery in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex

 

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The Conservative MP Sir David Amess has died after he was stabbed several times during a surgery at his constituency in Essex.

 

Amess, 69, an MP since 1983 who had represented Southend West in Essex since 1997, was stabbed several times at a church in Leigh-on-Sea. He is the second MP to be killed in just over five years, after the murder of Jo Cox.

 

Essex police said a 25-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of murder. Officers were called to the scene at about 12.05pm on Friday, the force said. “We attended and found a man injured. He was treated by emergency services but, sadly, died at the scene.”

 

The statement did not name Amess as the victim, but sources confirmed to the Guardian that the MP had died.

 

 

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Ali Harbi Ali, 25, also accused of preparation of terrorist acts after politician was stabbed

 

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Prosecutors have charged a man with the murder of Conservative MP Sir David Amess and the preparation of terrorist acts.

 

Ali Harbi Ali, 25, was charged with murder over Amess’s death last Friday in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, as part of an investigation led by Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command.

 

The Crown Prosecution Service said it would argue to the court that the murder had “a terrorist connection, namely that it had both religious and ideological motivations”.

 

 

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