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Murder of David Amess
2021 killing of a UK member of parliament / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On 15 October 2021, Sir David Amess, a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for Southend West, was fatally stabbed at a constituency surgery at Belfairs Methodist Church Hall in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. His killer was Ali Harbi Ali, a British Islamic State sympathiser, who was arrested at the scene. In April 2022, Ali was convicted of murder and the preparation of terrorist acts, and sentenced to life imprisonment with a whole life order.
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Murder of David Amess | |
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Part of Islamic terrorism in Europe | |
![]() Belfairs Methodist Church, May 2021 | |
Location | Belfairs Methodist Church Hall Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England |
Coordinates | 51.5598°N 0.6507°E / 51.5598; 0.6507 |
Date | 15 October 2021; 2 years ago (2021-10-15) c. 12:05 pm (BST) |
Attack type | Stabbing |
Deaths | David Amess |
Motive | Islamic extremism |
Convicted | Ali Harbi Ali |
Verdict | Guilty |
Charges | |
Sentence | Life imprisonment (whole life order) |
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