New Delhi: David Ames, a British MP, was allegedly stabbed to death by an assailant in a terrorist attack on Friday at an Essex church. British Conservative MP Sir David Ames, 69, of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party, was repeatedly stabbed in an attack at the Belfair Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, east of London, around noon, according to news agency Reuters. .
The Metropolitan Police, whose counter-terrorism unit is leading the investigation into the incident, declared the deadly attack a terrorist incident, according to the agency.
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Preliminary investigations have revealed “possible motivations linked to Islamic extremism,” according to police. According to the report, a 25-year-old man was kept at the scene on suspicion of murder. The investigation is headed by expert counter-terrorism officials. “As part of the investigation, officers are currently conducting searches at two addresses in the London area and these are ongoing,” informed police, assuming that the suspect in custody acted alone.
Meanwhile, politicians called the incident an attack on democracy. “David was a man who believed passionately in this country and in its future, and we have lost a good public servant and a very dear friend and colleague today,” said Johnson, who was in the West of England after the news. went back to London. .
It is the second fatal attack on a British MP in his constituency in the past five years, raising concerns about the safety of politicians. AIIMS served as an MP for 38 years from 1983. According to a BBC report, he initially represented Basildon before moving to Southend West in 1997.
Born in Pleisto, east London, in 1952, Ames was raised a Roman Catholic, and was known as a social conservative. The BBC report said that a married man with five children had campaigned prominently against abortion.
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