UK police charge a 25-year-old man with murder and preparing acts of terrorism in the stabbing of a British lawmaker.
Authorities say a 25-year-old British man with Somali heritage, Ali Harbi Ali, has been charged in the death of David Amess. The case shook a nation accustomed to having face-to-face contact with its leaders.
It has prompted conversations at the highest levels about how the country protects its leaders and grapples with extremism at home. Amess, 69, was a social conservative who opposed abortion, campaigned for animal rights and strongly supported Britain’s exit from the European Union.
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