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Yet for this 25-year-old man who has been arrested or taken by police. how are police working to track down a motive? >> well, i think some of the details that we do know and they are slender, i have to say that, the man was taken alive. its not the situation where he stabbed the mp and was shot and killed on the scene. he was taken alive. police will be able to question him. no doubt try to get from him his motives, where he lived, who his friends were and associates. when you bring in the coun...

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The conservative mp sir david amess who represent a constituency on the east coast of england has died after being stabbed multiple times in a knife attack in essex. the mp was attacked this lunchtime when he was holding a constituencies surgery at the belfairs methodist church in the town of leigh—on—sea. reports say he was stabbed on more than one occasion. the 25 rolled man has been arrested and police are not looking for anyone else in connexion with the attack. the past few minutes esse...

>> it was awful. hes such a kind gentle soul. >> reporter: amos died while helping his community meeting face-to-face with voters, a so-called constituency surgery, answering queries, solving problems. listening to gripes. police say they received a call about a stabbing around noon. they were on the scene of the church within minutes but they say amos had been stabbed multiple times and the emergency services couldnt save him. a knife was found at the scene and a 25-year-old man arrested. polic...

And to help do that, the counterterrorism command brings a vast array of assets. there is their domain. to build that social-media picture of this person. who was he talking to? who was he connected with? what sort of person was he? was he mentally stable? these are going to be the key questions and thats what the counter terrorism command will bring this to investigation. >> will security change for british lawmakers going forward? i know theres a lot of concern right now, understandably so. >>...

When they arrived, they found sir david amess mp who had suffered multiple injuries. this was a difficult incidence that our officers and paramedics from the ambulance service worked extremely hard to save sir david. tragically, he died at the scene. a 25—year—old man was arrested immediately at the scene on suspicion of murder, he remains in custody. a knife was also recovered at the scene. the investigation is in its very early stages and is being led by officers from the specialist counte...

Kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. lets return to leigh—on—sea, and join our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. bring us up—to—date with the latest on the investigation. bring us up-to-date with the latest on the investigation.— bring us up-to-date with the latest on the investigation. well, scotland yards counterterrorism _ on the investigation. well, scotland yards counterterrorism command l on the investigation. well, scotland i yards counterterrorism command has only been...

Yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul. the united states has announced that it some breaking news on our top story from the merger of the british mp sir david amess. we have had a press release just brought out in the last few minutes by the police. and it says here according to the press release that sir david amesss murder has now been declared a terrorist incident. a terrorist incident with the potential motivation linked to islamist extremism. so the counterterrorism command leading the investigati...

Daniel sandford, bbc news. essex police made a statement a short while ago. at just after midday today, essex police were called to reports of a stabbing in eastwood road north, leigh—on—sea. the response of the emergency services at this incident was immediate, and our officers arrived on scene within minutes. when they arrived, they found sir david amess, mp, who had suffered multiple injuries. this was a difficult incident, but our officers and paramedics worked extremely hard to save sir...