The fatal stabbing of British lawmaker David Amess was a terrorist incident with possible links to Islamist extremism, police said Saturday, as the government ordered a review of safety measures to protect MPs.
Veteran Conservative MP David Amess, 69, was talking with voters at a church in the small town of Leigh-on-Sea east of London when he was stabbed to death on Friday.
Police said they arrested a 25-year-old suspect and were investigating “a potential motivation linked to Islamist extremism”
The fatal stabbing has “been declared as a terrorist incident, with the investigation being led by Counter Terrorism Policing,” the police said in a statement, adding that the investigation is in the “very early stages”.
Multiple UK media outlets, citing sources, reported that the suspect was believed to be a British national with Somali heritage. (Independent)