"Drop that f****** knife": Moment terrorist who killed MP is tackled to ground by unarmed police
13.04.2022 - 14:41
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Horrifying bodycam footage shows the moment two unarmed police officers tackled the terrorist who murdered MP Sir David Amess to the ground. One of the officers can be heard shouting "drop that f***ing knife" before the pair disarm Ali Harbi Ali and put him under arrest.
The 26-year-old Islamic State fanatic has now been handed a whole-life jail term after he was convicted of murder and preparing terrorist acts by a jury who deliberated his case for just 18 minutes. Ali carried out his attack at the backbench Conservative MP’s constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, on October 15 last year.
He told his trial at the Old Bailey that he had no regrets about the murder, and said Sir David, 69, deserved to die because he had voted in Parliament for air strikes on Syria in 2014 and 2015. The court heard how he had told the politician that he was “sorry” before stabbing him to death with a 12 inch carving knife. Sir David received more than 20 stab injuries and died at the scene.
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Ali's arrest moments later was captured on body-worn police cameras. Essex Police officers Scott James and Ryan Curtis decided to enter Belfairs Methodist Church to confront the killer, despite being armed with only batons and incapacitant spray, while back-up officers with Tasers were at least two minutes away.
The officers were in the area trying to find an unrelated wanted suspect, but were diverted to the scene and arrived to be told that the MP had been “stabbed several times”. When they entered the church, they ordered Ali to drop his weapon, but the killer, who is believed to have been on a 14-minute phone call with his sister, charged at the two
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