Sir David Amess killing was terrorism, police say

The killing of Conservative MP Sir David Amess is being treated as a terrorist incident by police.

Sir David was stabbed multiple times at his constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex on Friday.

The Metropolitan Police said there was a potential link to Islamist extremism. A 25-year-old British man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder.

Home Secretary Priti Patel paid tribute to Sir David as a “man of the people” who was “killed doing a job he loved”.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer laid flo