Freedom of Speech: Islam Goes Apeshit over Charlie Hebdo Muhammad Cartoons Repub, Quran Eating, and Successful Critical Analysis

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Sun Oct 17 04:16:34 PDT 2021


> Conservative UK MP David Amess Dies Following Church Stabbing,
> 25-Year-Old Somalian Arrested

MP David Amess Killing Was "Terrorist Incident", UK Police Say

https://news.met.police.uk/news/counter-terrorism-command-leading-investigation-into-sir-david-amess-murder-435677

Update (Saturday 0830 ET): The fatal stabbing of Conservative MP Sir
David Amess has formally been declared an "act of terrorism" by the
Metropolitan Police (Met).

    "The fatal stabbing in Leigh-on-Sea has tonight been declared as a
terrorist incident, with the investigation being led by Counter
Terrorism Policing," Met wrote in a statement released late Friday.

    "The early investigation has revealed a potential motivation
linked to Islamist extremism," the statement continued.

Met said officers arrived at the scene shortly after 1205 local time
Friday and "found a man [Amess] with multiple stab wounds. He was
given emergency medical treatment by emergency services, but sadly
died at the scene."

At first, authorities identified the suspect as a "25-year-old British
man" who was arrested on murder suspicion at the scene. Then hours
later, British media reported the suspect was of "African appearance"
and identified as Somalian. Now the suspect has been labeled a
terrorist, and it seems that authorities/media initially downplayed
who the suspect was so as not to antagonize specific communities.

Authorities believe the Somalian acted alone and are "not seeking
anyone else in connection with the incident at this time."

BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner noted that the suspect was
not on a database of terror suspects. The decision to label the brutal
slaying of Amess as an act of terrorism confirms that the killer was
motivated to use violence to further his cause.


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