Suspect arrested for assassinating Brit MP is finally named by police, but the New York Times won’t print his name: Ali Harbi Ali

October 17, 2021 By Thomas Lifson

We can guess that British Member of Parliament Sir David Amess, cruelly and painfully stabbed to death while meeting with constituents, was likely targeted for his pro-Israel and philo-Semitic views, now that the name of the suspect arrested at the scene has been released.  Around 6 PM EDT Saturday, the UK Guardian first reported:

Sources have confirmed to the Guardian that the suspect’s name is Ali Harbi Ali, 25.

Other British media picked up the story and added details. The Sunday Times and Evening Standard both chose to emphasize the suspect’s family as victims: “Father’s shock after son held over Sir David Amess murder” and “Terror suspect’s family have been left ‘traumatised’ by arrest.” They respectively headlined. It turns out that Mr. Ali already had been on the radar of the UK’s counter-terrorism apparatus ........Sir David was an obvious target for a jihadist .......To Read More....