London's Metropolitan Police has declared the murder of British lawmaker David Amess on Friday as a terrorist incident, with the investigation headed by its Terrorism Command.

Amess, from Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party, was knifed repeatedly in the attack at about midday in the Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex county, east of London. He was 69.

(Cover: Police are seen at the scene where MP David Amess was stabbed during a constituency advice clinic in Leigh-on-Sea, Britain, October 15, 2021. /Reuters)