UK commotion after the assassination of MP David Amess, Conservative MP since 1983, when he entered as deputy for Basildon. The 69-year-old British politician has suffered several stabs during a meeting with voters in your constituency held this Friday in the Belfairs Methodist Methodist Church, located in Leigh-on-Sea, in the English county of Essex, and what was it interrupted by a man armed with a knife.
The agents received the alert of the attack on the 12:05 hours and they came immediately, as explained in a release Essex Police. At the scene, they encountered Wounded amess. He was still alive, but they couldn’t save him. “He was treated by the emergency services, but, unfortunately, he died at the scene”, the authorities specify in the note.
The police force has also announced that a 25-year-old man has been arrested “on suspicion of murder”, to which they confiscated the knife and what is now in custody. The agents understand that the suspect has acted alone: ”We are not looking for anyone else in connection with this incident ”.
Dismay among English politicians
Many politicians have expressed their sadness after the death of Amess, while the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has suspended a meeting with his ministers. Among the first politicians to react is the leader of the Labor Party, Keir starmer. “Horrible and deeply shocking news. Thinking of David, his family and his staff ”, he wrote on his Twitter account.
Horrific and deeply shocking news. Thinking of David, his family and his staff.
– Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) October 15, 2021
The former conservative prime minister has also spoken David cameron, who has stated that “it is the most devastating, horrible and tragic news”. “David Amess was a completely decent and kind man, and he was the most committed deputy that you could hope to meet. Words cannot adequately express the horror of what has happened today. Right now, my heart goes out to David’s family ”, he added.
This is the most devastating, horrific & tragic news. David Amess was a kind & thoroughly decent man – & he was the most committed MP you could ever hope to meet. Words cannot adequately express the horror of what has happened today. Right now, my heart goes out to David’s family
– David Cameron (@David_Cameron) October 15, 2021
The murder of Jo Cox in 2016
After this event, it is inevitable to remember the assassination of Labor MP Jo Cox, 41, in the office of his constituency in the north of England June 16, 2016. The author of the crime, Thomas mair, linked to the extreme right and with mental problems, he was sentenced to life imprisonment at the end of that same year.
Cox was the first British lawmaker assassinated during her tenure since 1990, when the conservative Ian Gow died of a car bomb attack claimed by the IRA. The very foundation created 14 years ago in honor of politics has echoed and regretted what happened this Friday: “The Jo Cox Foundation she is horrified to hear the news of the attack Sir David Amess. We think of him, his family and his loved ones in this distressing moment ”.