LEIGH-ON-SEA, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 15: Police officers and ambulance crew attend following the stabbing of UK Conservative MP Sir David Amess as he met with constituents at a constituency surgery on October 15, 2021 in Leigh-on-Sea, England. Sir David Amess,69, Conservative MP for Southend West from Basildon, has been stabbed multiple times at his constituency surgery taking place in Belfair Methodist Church. (Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images)
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(Bloomberg) -- The man who stabbed a U.K. Conservative lawmaker to death at a constituency meeting was a British national, an official said.
Police will announce soon if the attack was tied to terrorism, the person said.
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