The close ties between Sir David Amess and the Gulf state of Qatar are being investigated by police after his murder.
The Conservative MP was chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on Qatar and returned from his latest visit there on Wednesday last week.
Security sources emphasised that all avenues were being explored as they examined the killing. The man being questioned over the stabbing, Ali Harbi Ali, 25, is the son of a former prime ministerial adviser in Somalia. Qatar backs the present Somali president.https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-times-view-on-safety-for-mps-political-protection-f7dp37plq
Amess, 69, was stabbed to death during a constituency surgery in a Methodist church in Leigh-on-Sea, in his Southend West seat in Essex, on Friday.
His family called for peace, tolerance, kindness and love saying: “Our hearts are