British politician and a TORY MP, Sir David Amess has tragically died today after being stabbed multiple times at his constituency surgery in Essex.
Armed cops swooped on the church in Leigh-on-Sea after the 69-year-old, who represents Southend West in Essex, was attacked just after midday.
Amess was reportedly stabbed several times by a 25-year-old knife man, The SUN UK is reporting.
Paramedics frantically battled to save the stricken minister while horrified constituents watched as the suspect was led away from the bloodbath.
Sir David’s condition was not immediately known but police have now confirmed the married dad-of-five has sadly died after the attack.
Amess is the ninth MP to be murdered in the UK and sixth since World War Two.
His death tragically comes just months after Sir David begged Boris Johnson to tackle the knife crime epidemic plaguing Britain.
Confirming the arrest of the culprit, Essex Police said the 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and said they are not looking for anyone else.
The force said: “We were called to an address in Eastwood Road North shortly after 12.05pm today (Friday 15 October). We attended and found a man injured. He was treated by emergency services but, sadly, died at the scene. A 25-year-old man was quickly arrested after officers arrived at the scene on suspicion of murder and a knife was recovered.”
Flags have been lowered to half mast outside Parliament.
Born in Essex in 1952, Sir David was one of the longest serving MPs in the House of Commons where he served the area for 38 years as an MP.
He was a Tory MP since 1983, first for the seat of Basildon, and since 1997 for Southend West, where he has a majority of 14,459. He was a backer of Brexit and supported leave in the referendum, saying it was “dangerous” and a “mistake” to Remain.
The lifelong back bencher never served in any top government positions but was well-versed in how to lobby ministers from the backbenches.
Amees had a passion for animals and was patron of the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation – along with the PM’s wife Carrie. He also campaigned against fox-hunting. He was also a Roman Catholic and opposed abortion laws and same sex marriage.
On foreign policy, he voted for the Iraq war, but later was very critical about the failure to find any WMDs.
He is survived by a wife, one son and four daughters.
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