Sir David Amess stabbing latest updates – Tory MP knifed multiple times in Southend church as armed cops arrest man

CONSERVATIVE MP Sir David Amess has today been stabbed multiple times at a constituency surgery in a church in Essex.

The MP’s condition is currently unknown.

A man is understood to have walked into Belfairs Methodist Church and knifed the 69-year-old multiple times.

Armed cops swooped on the in Leigh-on-Sea church after the minister, who represents Southend West in Essex, was attacked at the meeting just after midday.

Police confirmed a suspect has been arrested and said they are not looking for anyone else.

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