Article 5QRDM MP David Amess dies after being stabbed at constituency meeting

MP David Amess dies after being stabbed at constituency meeting

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Peter Walker
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Man arrested on suspicion of murder after Conservative MP attacked during regular surgery in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex

The Conservative MP Sir David Amess has died after he was stabbed several times during a surgery at his constituency in Essex.

Amess, 69, an MP since 1983 who had represented Southend West in Essex since 1997, was stabbed several times at a church in Leigh-on-Sea. He is the second MP to be killed in just over five years, after the murder of Jo Cox.

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