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Showing Original Post only (View all)Tory MP Sir David Amess dies after stabbing [View all]
Source: BBC News
Conservative MP Sir David Amess has died after being stabbed at his constituency surgery in Essex.
Police said a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the stabbing in Leigh-on-Sea.
They said they recovered a knife and were not looking for anyone else in connection to the incident.
Sir David, 69, had been an MP since 1983 and was married with five children.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58930593
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Hate and anger is a virus that can infect those on the far left and the far right.
Doodley
Oct 2021
#39
Pretty sure England's a lot more violent than America when it comes to this kind of thing
cinematicdiversions
Oct 2021
#14
No other country in Western Europe has a murder rate compared to this one
question everything
Oct 2021
#26
Somalian suspect arrested, you may want to bemoan the export of ideologies from other regions
Devil Child
Oct 2021
#20
UPDATED: Sir David Amess dies: Somalian man, 25, arrested on suspicion of stabbing MP
Devil Child
Oct 2021
#19
I don't think kung fu training would help a 69 yr old senior against a 25 yr old terrorist n/t
Devil Child
Oct 2021
#31
Point me to one that would give a 69 yr old senior the edge over an assailant with an edged weapon
Devil Child
Oct 2021
#33
Counter-terrorist officers say attack on MP linked to Islamist extremism
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2021
#37