David Amess, a member of the Tory majority who supports the British government of Boris Johnson, was stabbed to death by a stranger in Essex, south of England.
The 69-year-old was inside a Methodist church and was holding a meeting with his constituents in his own college. Aid was useless, the parliamentarian died in hospital from his injuries.
The assailant was arrested, according to the police: "We are not looking for anyone else in relation to the incident and we do not believe that there is an ongoing threat," they clarified.
Amess was a long-time MP: he had sat in Parliament for 38 years but never held a ministerial post. Married, he had five children.
THE INVESTIGATIONS - According to the British conservative newspaper Daily Telegraph, the killer is a 25-year-old "of Somali origin". The investigations are led by counter-terrorism, as announced by the local police commander, Ben-Julian Harrington, in a briefing in which he confirmed the reconstruction of the attack and the arrest of the alleged attacker who "remains in custody".
JOHNSON: "SHOCKED" - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he is "shocked" by the death of Amess, "a friend and a kind man". Johnson quickly returned to London following a planned government meeting in Bristol.
Many remember the victim, his pro-Brexit commitment but also for the protection of animals and in numerous activities in support of social or charitable causes, in particular in favor of the disabled, in addition to his "gentleman's courtesy" and his spirit "compassionate". Condolences were also expressed by Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and religious leader of the Catholic minority in the United Kingdom, as well as by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, the highest dignitary of the Anglican Church.
THE COX CASE - The attack recalls, at least from the first information, the murder of the liberal deputy Jo Cox at the hands of a radical extremist: it was 2016, the tension was very high due to the Brexit vote.
“My thoughts and my love are with David's family - wrote Cox's husband, Brendan -: They are all that matters now. What happened brings it all back. The pain, the loss, but also how much love people have given us after the loss of Jo. I hope we can do the same for David now ”.
(Unioneonline / D)
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