UK: Conservative MP dies after getting stabbed multiple times; Suspect arrested

A Conservative MP, Sir David Amess, succumbed to his injuries after he was stabbed multiple times at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea.

As per local media reports, a man walked into his constituency surgery and stabbed the MP multiple times. The Essex Police has arrested a suspect.

Flags across London were lowered in honour of Sir David Amess.

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"We were called to reports of a stabbing in Eastwood Rd North shortly after 12.05pm," the police departmentreported through their official Twitter handle. "A man was arrested shortly after & we're not looking for anyone else."

The man arrested is reported to be a 25-year-old. The weapon of murder, a knife, was also recovered from the scene of the crime.

It has been reported that the 69-year-old politician was undergoing treatment for his injuries from the stabbing, but he was later declared dead.

Sir David Amess represented Southend West in Essex. He was present at the Belfairs Methodist Church to conduct hisregular weekly meeting with constituents. He had also announced his trip on Twitter.

David Cameron offered his prayers to the injured minister. "Very alarming and worrying news reports coming from Leigh-on-Sea," he said."My thoughts and prayers are with Sir David Amess and his family."

Meanwhile, as the news of the stabbing reached Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister cancelled all media interviews planned for the day.It is unclear whether the Cabinet meeting will take place or not.

"I think all our hearts are full of shock and sadness today at the loss of Sir David Amess MP, who was killed in his constituency surgery, in a church, after almost 40 years of continuous service to the people of Essex and the whole of the United Kingdom," Johnson told reporters.

UK's ministers and ex-colleagues of Sir David Amess took to Twitter to pay their respects to the Conservative MP.