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UK lawmaker stabbing
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Conservative British MP Sir David Amess dies after being stabbed

| @indiablooms | Oct 16, 2021, at 02:44 am

London/UNI: British Conservative MP Sir David Amess died on Friday after being stabbed in his constituency surgery in Essex while he was holding a meeting with his constituents.

Police said they have arrested a 25-year-old man on suspicion of murder after the stabbing which happened at a church in Leigh-on-Sea, the BBC reported.

They said they have recovered a knife and were not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident at the moment.

Sir David, 69, had been an MP since 1983 and was married with five children.

 

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