Sir David Amess, a British Conservative deputy, stabbed in his riding

He was stabbed several times, during a parliamentary permanence in his riding of Leigh-on-Sea, east of London. The police announced the arrest of a man.

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A British Conservative member, Sir David Amess, was stabbed on Friday several times during a parliamentary permanence he held in the Bellfairs Methodist Church, in his riding of Leigh-on-Sea, in the East London, according to the police and the local media. Sir David Amess, aged 69, represents the riding of Southend West in Essex since 1983.

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