(ANSA) - ROME, OCTOBER 17 - Ali Harbi Ali, the alleged killer of Tory deputy David Amess, has been planning the attack for at least a week, the international media reported.
The man, who may have been inspired by the Shabaabs, Somali Islamists linked to Al-Qaeda, had booked an appointment at the meeting with the voters that Amess had scheduled for October 15 in Leigh-on-Sea. Then, local Conservative councilor John Lamb told British media, he waited patiently for his turn before assaulting the MP and stabbing him 17 times in front of his two aides.
"They told me that after hitting Sir David he simply waited for the police to arrive in the parish hall" of the Methodist church where the meeting was held, Kevin Buck, vice president of the district association, told the Telegraph.
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