The UK’s Metropolitan Police are investigating the fatal stabbing of Conservative Member of Parliament David Amess as a terrorist act.
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The police’s Counter Terrorism Command will lead the investigation in conjunction with local Essex law enforcement, the Met announced Friday.
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.
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— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) October 15, 2021
Authorities formally declared the incident an act of terrorism after “early investigation revealed a potential motivation linked to Islamist extremism.”
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A 25-year-old man is in custody for stabbing Amess, 69, at a routine meeting with constituents at a church in Leigh-on-Sea. Amess, a married man with five children, died at the scene.
Police believe the suspect acted alone and are searching two London addresses. The suspect is a “British national of Somali origin,” according to The Independent.
