Counter-Terror Cops Lead Probe Into Killing Of UK MP David Amess
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UK MP David Amess, 69 was stabbed at around midday at a meeting at the Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea.
British counter-terrorism officers are leading the investigation into the killing on Friday of lawmaker David Amess, police said, as they probe the second death of a UK politician while meeting voters since 2016.
The pro-Brexit Conservative MP, 69, a father-of-five first elected to parliament in 1983, was stabbed to death inside a church while holding a fortnightly consultation with his local constituents in the small town of Leigh-on-Sea, east of London.
Essex police arrested a 25-year-old man at the scene on suspicion of murder and recovered a knife.
"The investigation is in its very early stages and is being led by officers from the specialist counter-terrorism command," Ben-Julian Harrington, the force's chief constable, told reporters.