Irish police announced on Saturday that they had arrested a 41-year-old man who, according to Irish media, threatened a British MP with death days after the murder of Conservative MP David Amess.
The Douglas police, in the suburbs of Cork (southern Ireland), "
searched this morning, Saturday November 6, 2021, a residential property
," Irish police told AFP.
"
During the search, a number of electronic objects were seized and a 41-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of making threats against a person outside this jurisdiction
" , he was clarified.
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According to
The Irish Times
newspaper
, the man is "
a British national
" accused of "
making death threats against a Labor MP
" from his country. "
The police officers were alerted by the British police
", states the
Irish Times
, "
The incident occurred after a person telephoned the MP and threatened to kill her on October 18
", three days after the death of David Amess.
The 69-year-old Tory MP and father of five was stabbed to death on October 15 while talking to his constituents at a Methodist church in Leigh-on-Sea, about 37 miles east from London.
Her death shocked the UK, rekindling the trauma of the assassination of Labor MP Jo Cox in June 2016 by a right-wing extremist.
Ali Harbi Ali, 25, has been charged with the murder of David Amess, which police consider a terrorist act, and will stand trial in March.
The man arrested Saturday morning in Douglas "
is currently being held for questioning
" at a Cork station, Irish police said.
