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A member of Irish band Kneecap waves a Hezbollah flag at a concert in London on November 21, 2024 (Screen grab/YouTube)
April 29, 2025, 1:07 pm
After ‘up Hamas, up Hezbollah’ video, Irish band Kneecap denies supporting terror groups
UK police investigating; group member also waved flag of Lebanon-based terror group at London gig; band denies call to ‘kill your local MP’ was incitement to violence
By AFP and ToI Staff
In this Friday, Oct. 15, 2021 file photo, an image of murdered British Conservative lawmaker David Amess is displayed near the altar in St Peters Catholic Church before a vigil in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)
April 13, 2022, 6:37 pm
IS supporter who murdered British lawmaker sentenced to life in prison
Ali Harbi Ali told court he stabbed MP David Amess in revenge for his voting in support of airstrikes in Syria; judge says murder struck ‘at heart of democracy’
By SYLVIA HUI
A note is seen on a photograph showing slain member of Parliament David Amess, right, placed by a floral tribute near the scene where Amess was killed in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, October 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
April 11, 2022, 4:18 pm
Islamic State fanatic found guilty of killing UK lawmaker David Amess last year
Ali Harbi Ali, 26, has said the politician deserved to die for voting in favor of airstrikes in Syria; jury deliberated for just 18 minutes
By Agencies
This court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook shows Ali Harbi Ali in the dock at the Old Bailey accused of stabbing to death Conservative MP for Southend West David Amess, in London, on March 21, 2022. (Elizabeth Cook/PA via AP)
April 9, 2022, 9:24 pm
In UK, accused terrorist says he killed MP over vote to strike IS in Syria
Ali Harbi Ali tells UK court he hoped stabbing David Amess to death would ‘send a message to his colleagues’
By AFP
Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations Matt Jukes preparing to update the media on the investigation into the murder of Conservative Party lawmaker David Amess, outside New Scotland Yard in south west London on October 21, 2021. (Daniel Leal-Ollivas/AFP)
October 22, 2021, 4:21 am
Suspect in British MP’s slaying backs IS, plotted attack for years — prosecutors
UK authorities say Ali Harbi Ali began planning to kill two other lawmakers two years ago, ended up targeting Amess because he supported airstrikes in Syria
By Agencies
Screen capture from video of Ali Harbi Ali, the suspect in the stabbing to death of British MP David Amess, October 15, 2021. (Daily Mail)
October 21, 2021, 3:38 pm
UK police charge suspect with terrorist murder of lawmaker David Amess
Ali Harbi Ali, who is British with Somali heritage, is indicted for the stabbing of the Conservative lawmaker as he met constituents at a church hall last week
By AP and ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Ali Harbi Ali, the suspect in the stabbing to death of British MP David Amess, October 15, 2021. (Daily Mail)
October 19, 2021, 11:05 am
CCTV footage shows suspect in slaying of British MP Amess hours before stabbing
Ali Harbi Ali seen strolling down north London street, apparently heading to train station as he set off to coastal town where he allegedly killed David Amess later that day
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L), Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (C) and Scottish National Party (SNP) Westminster leader Ian Blackford attend a service of prayer and remembrance in honor of slain British lawmaker David Amess, at St Margaret's Church in London, October 18, 2021. (Jonathan Brady/ Pool/ AFP)
October 18, 2021, 11:38 pm
After MP slain in terrorism, UK’s Johnson vows democracy will triumph over evil
British PM says queen has agreed to grant request of late David Amess, who was killed by a suspected Islamic extremist, to confer city status on town he represented
By Joe JACKSON
Candles are lit next to a portrait of British Lawmaker David Amess during a vigil for him at St Michaels Church, in Leigh-on-Sea, England, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. Amess was killed on Friday during a meeting with constituents at Belfairs Methodist church, in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
October 18, 2021, 3:59 am
Family of slain British MP calls for ‘togetherness’ in wake of killing
Suspect in terror attack was supposed to be participating in a ‘de-radicalization’ program but was never formally a ‘person of interest’ to British intelligence
By Adrian DENNIS and Pauline Froissart
Police search a house believed to be in relation to the slaying of member of Parliament David Amess, in London, October 17, 2021. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP)
October 17, 2021, 9:32 pm
Father of suspect in slaying of British MP Amess ‘traumatized’ by son’s arrest
‘It’s not something that I expected or even dreamed of,’ says Harbi Ali Kullane, a former adviser to Somalia’s PM, confirming counterterrorism police are questioning his son
By SYLVIA HUI
A note is seen on a photograph showing slain member of Parliament David Amess, right, placed by a floral tribute near the scene where Amess was killed in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, October 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
October 17, 2021, 2:58 pm
UK to beef up lawmakers’ security after terrorist murder of MP David Amess
Home secretary orders review of parliamentarians’ security measures, and says police and authorities to implement ‘immediate changes and measures’
By Tolga AKMEN and Anna MALPAS
A member of the Knesset Guard stands at his position, with a face cover, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on September 9, 2015. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90/File)
October 17, 2021, 2:21 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 17 – What UK can learn from Israel on protecting politicians
Military correspondent Judah Ari Gross looks at the alleged Israeli assassination of a Syrian intel agent and analyst Haviv Rettig Gur assesses the murder of British MP David Amess
By ToI Staff
An arrangement of UK daily newspapers photographed in London on October 16, 2021 shows front page headlines reporting on the fatal stabbing of British lawmaker David Amess. (DANIEL SORABJI / AFP)
October 17, 2021, 1:04 am
Terror suspect in murder of British MP David Amess identified
Ali Harbi Ali, 25, a British citizen and the son of a former Somali government official, was arrested at the crime scene; was not previously known to the British security forces
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Flowers are placed as a tribute in Parliament Square following Friday's death of member of Parliament David Amess in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, in London, on October 16, 2021. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)
October 16, 2021, 11:00 pm
Terrorist murder of David Amess threatens tradition of UK MPs’ ‘surgeries’
In an era of polarized politics, terrorism threats and inflammatory social media, public accessibility has become fraught with risk
By John Leicester
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (right) and Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer carry floral tributes as they arrive at the scene of the fatal stabbing of Conservative British lawmaker David Amess, at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, a district of Southend-on-Sea, in southeast England, on October 16, 2021 (Tolga Akmen/AFP)
October 16, 2021, 1:06 pm
UK leaders pay tribute to murdered lawmaker Amess as MPs demand tougher security
British PM, opposition leader make joint visit to church where Conservative lawmaker was stabbed to death; MPs press for protection after murder of 2nd colleague in 5 years
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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