British lawmaker David Amess stabbed multiple times in church

David Amess, a British lawmaker in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party, was stabbed multiple times by a man in a church.

A British lawmaker in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party was stabbed several times on Friday in a church by a man who walked into a meeting with voters from his electoral district, a witness at the scene told Reuters.

David Amess, 69, who represents Southend West in Essex, eastern England, was stabbed at around midday at a meeting at the Belfairs Methodist Church.