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Tag: Jo Cox, Labour MP

  • Friday, June 17th 2016 - 07:42 UTC

    Cameron cancels “Stronger in Europe” rally in Gibraltar following killing of Labor MP

    Chief Minister Picardo receives Prime Minister David Cameron in the tarmac of the airport

    Thursday's “Stronger in Europe” rally at Gibraltar at which UK Prime Minister David Cameron was due to speak, was cancelled at the last minute after Labour MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed in an attack in West Yorkshire. The news of the fatal attack came shortly after Cameron arrived t the Rock.

  • Thursday, June 16th 2016 - 23:51 UTC

    Labor Remain MP killed in north England; Brexit campaign suspended

    Colleagues expressed their shock and disbelief at the death of Cox, a Cambridge University graduate who had spent a decade working for aid agency Oxfam

    A British member of Parliament died on Thursday after she was shot and stabbed in a “horrific” assault in her constituency, police have said. Jo Cox, Labour MP for Batley and Spen, north England, was left bleeding on the ground after the attack in Birstall, West Yorkshire. A man was arrested nearby. One eyewitness was reported stating that her attacker shout “put Britain first” at least twice beforehand.