of the incident that we did not believe there was any immediate further threat to anyone else in the area. it will be for investigators to determine whether or not this is a terrorist incident. but as always, they will keep an open mind. today is a tragic day for the family and colleagues of sir david, the community of southend, and indeed for the whole of greater essex. sir david has dedicated his life to the serving the communities of essex and southend. and today, he was simply dispensing his duties when his life was horrifically cut short. let s get more from our political correspondent helen catt. he was a politician that got so many attributes from all sides of the political spectrum. the tributes that have come political spectrum. the tributes that have come in political spectrum. the tributes that have come in this - political spectrum. the tributes | that have come in this afternoon have come in from mps of all parties. he was very well liked in
they can come to grief because there is someone who has some kind of grudge against them or the system, so i wouldn t like to make a special case for mps. but i think more needs to be done to protect people and to get violence out of our society. however much you disagree with someone, you don t kill them. it is the nature of an mp s work, the constituency surgeries and constituency events are a key bit of every friday in particular. do you think enough had been learned about how to keep mps safe? no, i don t think so. meeting constituents is a very important part of an mp s job. i must admit, when the attack happened on me, my reaction for several weeks
here is the chief constable. atjust here is the chief constable. at just after here is the chief constable. atjust after midday here is the chief constable. at just after midday today, essex police were called to reports of a stabbing in eastwood road north, leigh on sea. the response of emergency services to this incident was immediate and our officers arrived on scene within minutes. when they arrived, they found sir david amess mp who had suffered multiple injuries. this was a difficult incident but our officers and paramedics in the east of england ambulance service worked extremely hard to try to save sir david. tragically, he died at the scene. a25 year old man was arrested immediately at the scene on suspicion of murder. he remains in custody. a knife was also recovered at the scene. the investigation is in its early stages and is being led by officers from the specialist counterterrorism department. we made it clear at the time of incident
david amess s meeting with constituents had been from ten until one butjust after midday he was stabbed multiple times. he was treated at the scene by police and ambulance staff but died before they could get him to hospital. sir david amess was the mp for southend west and well respected locally. he represented the seat for the conservative party since 1997 and was a high profile breaks a of the european research group. mil was a high profile breaks a of the european research group. all our hearts are european research group. all our hearts are full european research group. all our hearts are full of european research group. all our hearts are full of shock european research group. all our hearts are full of shock and - european research group. all our. hearts are full of shock and sadness today hearts are full of shock and sadness today to hearts are full of shock and sadness today to the loss of sir david amess mp who today to the loss of sir david amess mp who was kil
the conservative mp sir david amess has been stabbed to death during a constituency meeting at a church in essex. the 69 year old was attacked as he met with constituents in leigh on sea just before midday. police arrived at the belfairs methodist church within minutes but sir david died at the scene despite the efforts of paramedics. a 25 year old man was arrested at the church and is being held on suspicion of murder. sir david amess had been an mp in essex for almost a0 years. he is the second serving mp to be killed while attending a constituency surgery in five years, following the death of the labour mp jo cox. tonight the prime minister has described sir david as a fine public servant one of the kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford reports. forensics teams at the methodist church where the local mp had been holding his fortnightly surgery. sir