Very distressing scene as MP Sir David Amess stabbed in constituency surgery
15/10/2021
A man has been arrested after Conservative MP Sir David Amess was stabbed several times during a “very distressing” incident at a constituency surgery in Essex.
It is not yet known how seriously the 69-year-old, who has been an MP since 1983, has been injured.
Police said they were not looking for any other suspects, and praised members of the public for their response after the incident at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea.
A spokesman for Sir David’s office in Westminster said: “The incident has happened. I don’t know what the incident is.
“We are still waiting.”
The incident comes five years after Labour MP Jo Cox was murdered as she arrived to host a surgery in her Batley and Spen constituency in June 2016.
Her widower, Brendan Cox, tweeted: “Attacking our elected representatives is an attack on democracy itself. There is no excuse, no justification. It is as cowardly as it gets.”
Witness Anthony Finch described seeing someone being taken out of the building and put into the back of a police car.
Former prime minister David Cameron tweeted: “Very alarming and worrying news reports coming from Leigh-on-Sea. My thoughts and prayers are with Sir David Amess and his family.”
Published: by Radio NewsHub
