A man has been arrested after Conservative MP Sir David Amess was reportedly stabbed several times at a surgery in his Southend West constituency.
The 69-year-old was attacked on Friday at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea.
Essex Police said: A man's been arrested following an incident in #LeighonSea.
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"We were called to reports of a stabbing in Eastwood Rd North shortly after 12.05pm.
"A man was arrested shortly after and we're not looking for anyone else."
A spokesman for his office in Westminster said: "The incident has happened. I don't know what the incident is. We are still waiting."
An employee of Jean's Laundry, near Belfair's Methodist Church in Eastwood Road, said she did not know anything about the situation but had seen emergency service vehicles go by.
"We just saw all the police and the ambulances turning up, it was probably about half past 12 or just before then," she told the PA news agency.
"I saw about two or three ambulances and then an undercover police car and other police cars going past.
"There's usually people walking past, elderly people walking to the shops. We've still got no idea what's going on, we're not very busy on a Friday and no one has come in to talk to us about it."
An employee of Jean's Laundry, near Belfair's Methodist Church in Eastwood Road, said she did not know anything about the situation but had seen emergency service vehicles go by.
"We just saw all the police and the ambulances turning up, it was probably about half past 12 or just before then," she told the PA news agency.
"I saw about two or three ambulances and then an undercover police car and other police cars going past.
"There's usually people walking past, elderly people walking to the shops. We've still got no idea what's going on, we're not very busy on a Friday and no one has come in to talk to us about it."
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