UK PM Johnson visits church the place lawmaker was stabbed to loss of life By Reuters

LEIGH-ON-SEA, England (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday visited the church the place lawmaker David Amess was stabbed to loss of life a day earlier in what police say they’re treating as a terrorist assault.

Amess, 69, from Johnson’s Conservative Celebration, was knifed repeatedly within the assault at about noon on Friday in Leigh-on-Sea, east of London, throughout a gathering with constituents.

Johnson, inside minister Priti Patel, and chief of the opposition Labour Celebration Keir Starmer had been amongst these to put flowers in tribute to Amess on the scene of the homicide.

Johnson and Starmer stood facet by facet in a second of silence earlier than leaving. On Friday, Johnson mentioned Britain had misplaced a wonderful public servant and a much-loved pal and colleague.

In a press release early on Saturday, police mentioned the early investigation had revealed a possible motivation linked to Islamic extremism.

Police arrested a 25-year-old British man on the scene on suspicion of homicide, including it’s believed he acted alone.

Amess within the second lawmaker in little over 5 years to be murdered whereas out assembly constituents, after Jo Cox was shot and stabbed in June 2016, a couple of days earlier than Britain voted to go away the European Union.