Category: David Amess

UK Police to Contact Every Parliament Member After Killing of Tory Lawmaker

Every member of Parliament (MP) will be contacted by police regarding their security arrangements, a national police body said on Saturday in the wake of the killing of a Conservative MP. The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), said Operation Bridger, a nationwide police protective security operation established in 2016, will contact every MP individually. Sir David Amess,…


British Police Says Murder of Lawmaker Declared as a Terrorist Incident

LEIGH-ON-SEA, England—British lawmaker David Amess was stabbed to death in an Essex church on Friday by an assailant who lunged at him as he met voters, in what police said was a terrorist attack. Amess, 69, from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party, was knifed repeatedly in the attack at about midday in the Belfairs…


Police Declare Murder of UK Lawmaker a Terrorist Act

British police said that the fatal stabbing of UK lawmaker David Amess on Friday was a terrorist attack. The 69-year-old was stabbed repeatedly to death around midday at Belfairs Methodist church in Leigh-on-Sea, an English town about 40 miles (62 kilometers) east of London. Amess, a lawmaker from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative party, was…