correspondent, daniel sandford, contains flashing images. it is the 15th october last year and in the leafy suburbs of leigh on sea a man has murdered an mp. within minutes the first two officers arrive. they don t have guns, just batons. cautiously, they move in. can you show us? stay back, yeah. ..to tackle the knife man. they have no stab vests. no other protective clothing. drop the knife. drop the knife now. on the floor.
ali harbi ali, who s 26, carried out the murder at the mp s weekly constituency surgery in leigh on sea last october. before the killing, ali had spent months researching how he might murder other mps, even staking out the home of michael gove. in the end, he targeted sir david simply because he d seen an advertisement for his constituency surgery online and it seemed, in his words, the easiest. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani was at the old bailey. emergency. police, please, quick, now. the man is wielding a knife. he s killed david amess at belfairs methodist church. the 15th of october last year, and in the leafy suburbs of leigh on sea, a man hasjust murdered an mp. he wants to be a hero. he wants the police to come and shoot him. who? what, the person with the knife? yes. they say he s got i a knife and he sjust stabbed someone. two officers with just batons and pepper spray are the first to the scene. they decide they can t wait for firearms or taser units to arri
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two officers with just batons and pepper spray are the first to the scene. they decide they can t wait for firearms or taser units to arrive. stay back, yeah? mate, drop the knife! on the floor now! on the bleep floor! get it down! taser, taser! we ve got him. it s all right, it s all right. right, search him. right, mate, at the moment, you re under arrest for murder, all right? at southend police station, the killer declares his motive. ali harbi ali grew up in croydon, in south london. he was clever enough to consider becoming a doctor until syria s civil war changed the teenager s ambitions. at first, he wanted to fight for the islamic state group. but in 2019, he followed a worldwide call from the group s propagandists to strike at home instead.