A good and courageous British lawmaker was murdered last week, by the son of a former official in the corrupt Somali government. Pro-life, Catholic Member of Parliament David Amess was meeting with his constituents at a local Methodist church. (Such meetings remain a hallowed institution of British democracy, with no U.S. equivalent.) That’s when Ali Harbi Ali, 25, stormed into the church and stabbed him 17 times. The Daily Mail (U.K.) reports:
The killer of Tory MP Sir David Amess planned the murderous assault more than a week in advance, security sources have told The Mail on Sunday.
As police continued to question a 25-year-old British man of Somalian descent last night, sources revealed that the attacker had booked an appointment at Sir David’s constituency surgery before stabbing the politician 17 times. …