The suspect, a 25-year-old man, was detained under the Terrorism Act, which allows the police to extend his detention. She carried out searches in the London region.
Le Monde with AFP
The questions flocked on the man who mortally stabbed the British MP David Amess, Friday. The police said, late Saturday, October 16, that the investigators have until next Friday to question the suspect, a 25-year-old man, after detaining him in detention under the Terrorism Act, which allows them to to prolong his detention.
The survey reveals according to the first elements “a potential motivation linked to Islamist extremism”, according to the police, which stated to carry out searches to three addresses in the London region as part of a “investigation. sustained rhythm “.
The suspect invited to derify
Several years ago to a British program for people with a risk of volunteering-based radicalization, according to the BBC, there was no very hardy and has never been officially a “subject of interest “for the National Security Agency.
Police and safety services believe that the assailant acted alone and it was “self-radicalized”, according to the Sunday Times. It could have been inspired by Al-Chabab, Islamists related to al-Qaeda in Somalia.
John Lamb, a local conservative counselor, told British media that the young man had waited patiently his turn before throwing himself on the member and to stab it several times in front of two assistants of the parliamentarian.
“I was told he had stabbed Sir David and had just waited in the parish hall until the arrival of the police,” said Kevin Buck, Vice President of the ‘constituency association. He had made an appointment a week in advance, according to the Daily Mail.
An organized vigil
Saturday night, hundreds of people attended a vigil to candles on a sports field close to the scene of the crime, observing a minute of silence in memory of the member.
In unit sign, Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Labor opposition party leader, Keir Starmer, had deposited flower sheaves on the scene of the drama Saturday morning. Boris Johnson left a message greeting an “Excellent Parliament and a very loved colleague and friend”.
Many people, including members of the Muslim community, have come out of bouquets of flowers and tributes written to the victim.
This murder revives the recent trauma of the assassination of the JO Cox Labor MP in June 2016 and questions the security schemes surrounding the members, especially in contact with the public in their constituencies.