Son of ex-Somali political aide held over UK lawmaker stabbing
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Son of ex-Somali political aide held over UK lawmaker stabbing
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By Nazanine Moshiri NAIROBI/LONDON (Reuters) -Ali Harbi Ali, the son of an ex-media adviser to a former prime minister of Somalia, has been arrested by British police under anti-terrorism laws following the killing of lawmaker David Amess, a source close to the investigation and British media said. Amess, 69, from Prime Minister Boris Johnson s Conservative Party, was knifed repeatedly as he met constituency voters in a church on Friday in Leigh-on-Sea, east of London. The killing took place five years after the murder of Jo Cox, a lawmaker from the opposition Labour Party, and has prompted a review of politicians security. Police said they had arrested a 25-year-old British man at the scene on suspicion of murder and have said it is believed he acted alone. They have not named the suspect but used additional powers under anti-terrorism laws to detain him until Oct. 22. A British source close to the investigation named Ali Harbi Ali, a British citizen, as the detained suspect. Harbi A