Ali Harbi Ali: what are the potential motivations behind David Amess’s murder?

Police and security services said to be exploring a number of theories

David Amess graffiti
A new piece of graffiti artwork in Leigh-on-Sea depicts the late David Amess
(Image credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Security sources investigating the murder of MP David Amess during a constituency clinic in Essex on Friday have said they are keeping an open mind about the motivation for his killing.

The political establishment was left shocked after the 69-year-old was fatally stabbed in a Methodist church in Leigh-on-Sea in his Southend West seat.

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