"The man was detained after the incident," - said in a message from law enforcement agencies on Twitter.

The police clarified that they received a call in connection with an injury on North Eastwood Road, shortly after that the police managed to quickly detain the attacker.

Earlier it became known about the attack on the member of the British Parliament from the ruling Conservative Party David Amess during a meeting with voters in a Methodist church in Essex.

An unknown man inflicted several knife wounds on the deputy.