The nation’s papers are led by the fatal stabbing of Conservative MP Sir David Amess.
The Times and The Guardian report a 25-year-old man is in custody after Sir David was fatally injured while meeting constituents at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea near Southend at midday on Friday.
THE TIMES: Tory MP stabbed to death #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/GrxVsSPmpp
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) October 15, 2021
Guardian front page, Saturday 16 October 2021: Horror in broad daylight: Tory MP stabbed to death pic.twitter.com/VnhgUuJeLC
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) October 15, 2021
The Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and The Sun all lead with police launching a terror probe into the incident.
The front page of tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph:
‘Counter terror probe into MP’s killer’#TomorrowsPapersToday
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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) October 15, 2021
Saturday’s @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/br9rVxJodq
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) October 15, 2021
Tomorrow’s front page: Tory MP Sir David Amess was knifed to death in a suspected terror attack, it emerged tonight https://t.co/QDjbfYaGkc pic.twitter.com/SyCbu2imf8
— The Sun (@TheSun) October 15, 2021
Sir David died “serving the people”, according to the Daily Mirror and iweekend.
Tomorrow’s front page: He died saving the people #TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/khyA9r3vLu pic.twitter.com/6bIKAJkUKm
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) October 15, 2021
I WEEKEND: Killed serving the people #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/N46o4018mn
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) October 15, 2021
The FT Weekend says Home Secretary Priti Patel has ordered a review into politicians’ safety following Sir David’s death, while the Daily Star questions “How could it happen again?”, with the incident coming five-and-a-half years after Labour MP Jo Cox was killed by a far right extremist.
FT WEEKEND: Fatal stabbing of Tory MP Amess reignites politicians’ safety debate #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/SHxlbQAm2T
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) October 15, 2021
Tomorrow’s front page: How could it happen AGAIN? #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/WsvftClN6z pic.twitter.com/3ZJRzUUxwB
— Daily Star (@dailystar) October 15, 2021
