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A 25-year-old man is in custody and police have launched a murder probe following the death of the 69-year-old Conservative MP from Essex in southeast England.
Campaigning for Britain's EU referendum next week is suspended for a second day as the nation reels from the murder of a popular pro-Europe MP at the height of a bitterly divisive debate. IMAGES from Jo Cox MP's home village of Birstall, police at scene of crime and people laying flowers
Matt Jukes, assistant commissioner for specialist operations at Britain's Metropolitan Police, announces that a 25-year-old man has been charged with murder, after MP David Amess was stabbed to death last week. SOUNDBITE
He died on Friday after being stabbed multiple times during meetings with constituents.
Leigh-On-Sea, Oct 16 (EFE/EPA).- Family and friends paid tribute Saturday to Sir David Amess near the crime scene where the MP for Southend West was stabbed to death in the city of Leigh -on-Sea, Great Britain.Amess was reportedly stabbed several times on Friday at a church in Leigh-on-Sea while holding a constituency surgery and later died of his injuries. The police are treating the murder of Amess as a terrorist incident. (Camera: FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA). SHOT LIST: FAMILY AND FRIENDS PAY TRIBUTE TO THE LATE MP DAVID AMESS IN LEIGH-ON-SEA, UK.