Labour MP shot and stabbed by attacker who yelled "Britain First", fighting for her life

[cali]

A Labour MP has been shot three times - once in the head - by a man who reportedly shouted 'Britain First' while she was out campaigning in Yorkshire.

Mother-of-two Jo Cox, who represents Batley and Spen, was speaking to locals in Birstall near Leeds when she was set upon by the gunman.

An eyewitness said: 'Three times she was shot, the initial time which then she dropped to the floor and two more times. The third time he got close proximity he shot her round the head area.'

Others claimed the man shouted 'Britain First' during the attack, which has left Ms Cox fighting for her life in hospital.

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[Agnosticsherbet]

1. Violent ultra nationalism, not surprised.

[nitpicker]

2. Link to BBC update thread

http://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-england-leeds-36543180

[cali]

4. thank you for the link. Her husband just posted this picture of her

She's so young.

[auntpurl]

21. 41, but she looks much younger.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. BBC TV says the arrested man has been 'named locally' as Tommy Mair

but there are enough people with that name that you can't quickly tell anything about him.

[TreasonousBastard]

5. So, a shooting over Brexit? As a species, we may be doomed.

[BooScout]

6. It's trending on social media that he was an activist with Britain First....

They have now suspended campaigning for Brexit.

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. She had died - she was pronounced dead at the scene

Dee Collins says another person, a 77-year-old man, was attacked.

Jo Cox was declared dead by a paramedic at the scene, she says.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2016/jun/16/eu-referendum-live-osborne-brexit-budget-leave-tories?page=with:block-5762d0b0e4b0a88a1c872d7a#block-5762d0b0e4b0a88a1c872d7a

[cali]

8. oh fuck. How sad.

[pampango]

9. So sad that a right wing nationalist has killed a pro-EU liberal MP.

It is scary how fired up the right can get over national sovereignty vs international cooperation.

[Recursion]

10. Holy crap

This shit is getting out of hand.

[Dalziel3979]

11. Disgusting and terrifying.

Britain First are exactly the type of right wing fringe group that wants the UK out of the EU solely because of 'immigrants'. They are exactly the type who would try to intimidate voters into forcing their way. They are exactly the type to lure the hordes of ignorant, easily lead on suckers into promises of 'make Britain Great again' wrapped in a flag of nationalistic fascism. They are exactly the type who would do something like this. They're a political disease whose support is becoming almost as much as a pandemic in this country as Trump has in America.

[mr blur]

17. ^^THIS^^ nt

[Blue_Tires]

12. JFC...

[Amishman]

13. Sad but this may very well prevent Brexit

She might go down as the woman who saved Britain

[tenderfoot]

14. Right wingers are violent, blood thirsty thugs

eom

[lpbk2713]

15. My regrets to the UK for the example the USA has set.

Condolences to her family, friends and to the public she served so selflessly.

[mr blur]

16. Sadly, we have our own home-grown neo-Nazis.

[cali]

20. this Americacentric stuff has reached the point of ridiculous

[geardaddy]

18. So he was a "Vote Leave" type.

[auntpurl]

19. Jesus Christ.

This sort of thing really doesn't happen here.