The British Police have identified as Ali Harbi Ali the 25-year-old man who on Friday murdered the Conservative deputy David amess when he served his constituents in a church in Leigh-on-Sea, in the east of England, the BBC reported this Sunday.
The suspect, a Briton of Somali origin, has been stopped under the Terrorism Law of 2000, since the agents consider that his attack could have had a “terrorist motivation“.
The London Metropolitan Police (Met), which has officially declared the event a “terrorism incident“, he will be able to interrogate the young man until October 22, after obtaining a judicial extension on Saturday.
The BBC explains that Ali Harbi Ali was referred a few years ago to the national program Prevent for the prevention of terrorism, to which people in danger of being radicalized are voluntarily sent. However, the public channel clarifies that he spent little time there and it was never part of any list of subjects of interest of the secret services.
As part of the investigation, the Police have carried out searches in three London homes and on Saturday an autopsy was carried out on the deceased, who died at the crime scene after receiving several stabs.
The British political class and the Muslim community have joined in rejecting the murder of Amess, 69, married with five children, who was much loved in his constituency for your support of local causes.
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