london british conservative lawmaker david amess has died after being stabbed friday during a meeting with constituents at a church in eastern england a 25yearold man has been arrestedthe essex police force said officers were called to reports of a stabbing in leighonsea just after noon friday it said a man was arrested and a knife recoveredwe are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident and do not believe there is an ongoing threat to the wider public police saidthe force said later that a man injured in the stabbing had died it did not release his name the suspect is being being held on suspicion of murder police saidsky news and others said amess was attacked during a regular meeting with constituents at belfairs methodist church in a residential area of leighonsea a seaside town east of londonaerial footage showed several ambulances and an air ambulance was waiting nearby to the churchjohn lamb a local councilor said amess had not been taken to hospital more than two hours after the attack and the situation was extremely seriousamess 69 had been a member of parliament for southend west which includes leighonsea since 1997 but has been a lawmaker since 1983 he was a wellliked member of parliament best known for his ceaseless campaign to have southend declared a citypoliticians from across the political spectrum expressed shock at initial reports of the stabbing labour party leader keir starmer tweeted that it was horrific and deeply shocking news thinking of david his family and his staffformer prime minister david cameron a conservative tweeted very alarming and worrying news reports coming from leighonsea my thoughts and prayers are with sir david amess and his familynot the first timeattacks on individual lawmakers in britain are rare but the nature of their work can leave them exposed in facetoface encounters with strangersin westminster where lawmakers do much of their work in parliament armed police patrol the entrances corridors and halls in their home electoral districts known as constituencies more often than not there is no securityhere are some more lawmakers who have been attacked while at or going to constituency surgeriesjo cox 2016opposition labour party lawmaker jo cox was shot dead in the street the week before britains vote on whether to leave the european union a vocal supporter of britain remaining in the eu she was attacked while preparing to meet constituents in her electoral districtthomas mair 53 a loner obsessed with nazis and extreme rightwing ideology shot and stabbed the 41yearold mother of two shouting britain first during the attack and later giving his name in court as death to traitors freedom for britainhe was sentenced to life in prison in november 2016stephen timms 2010labour member and excabinet minister stephen timms was stabbed in the stomach at his office in east london during a constituency meeting by a 21yearold student who was angry over his backing for the 2003 iraq warhe survived the attack after emergency surgery and