Europe 1 with AFP 6:35 p.m., November 6, 2021
Three days after the death of Conservative MP David Amess, a 41-year-old Briton was arrested by Irish police for threatening to kill a Labor MP.
"The incident occurred after someone called the MP and threatened to kill her on October 18," said The Irish Times.
Irish police announced on Saturday that they had arrested a 41-year-old man who, according to Irish media, threatened a British MP with death days after the murder of Conservative MP David Amess.
The Douglas police, in the suburbs of Cork (southern Ireland), "searched this morning, Saturday November 6, 2021, a residential property," Irish police told AFP.
"During the search, a number of electronic items were seized and a 41-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of making threats against a person outside this jurisdiction." , he was clarified.
A call on October 18
According to
The Irish Times
newspaper
, the man is "a British national" accused of "making death threats against a Labor MP" in his country.
"The police officers were alerted by the British police", the
Irish Times
claims
, "The incident occurred after a person telephoned the MP and threatened to kill her on October 18", three days after the death of David Amess.
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Her death shocked the UK, rekindling the trauma of the assassination of Labor MP Jo Cox in June 2016 by a right-wing extremist.
Ali Harbi Ali, 25, has been charged with the murder of David Amess, which police consider a terrorist act and will stand trial in March.
The man arrested Saturday morning in Douglas "is currently being held for questioning" at a station in Cork, Irish police said.