MP Jo Cox (Lab.) Shot and Stabbed

[Galant]

Mum or two and Labour MP shot and stabbed multiple times during a 'surgery' in Yorkshire.

BBC

"An MP is in a critical condition after she was shot and stabbed during an attack in her constituency.

Eyewitnesses said Jo Cox, 41, Labour MP for Batley and Spen, was left bleeding on the floor by her attacker. A man also suffered slight injuries.

A 52-year-old man was arrested near Market Street, Birstall, West Yorkshire Police said. The MP holds a weekly advice surgery nearby. Ms Cox's assistant confirmed she had been attacked. The MP was taken by ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary, where armed police are stationed outside.

Cafe owner Clarke Rothwell, who witnessed the attack, said he heard a "loud popping noise that sounded like a balloon burst - a loud balloon".

"When I looked round there's a man stood there in his 50s with a white baseball cap on and a jacket with a gun, an old fashioned looking gun in his hand," he said.

"He shot this lady once and then he shot her again, he fell to the floor, leant over shot her once more in the face area. Somebody tried to grab him, wrestling with him and then he wielded a knife, like a hunting knife, just started lunging at her with a knife half a dozen times. People were screaming and running from the area".

Eyewitness Hithem Ben Abdallah, said the 41-year-old mother of two was left lying and bleeding on the pavement after the incident. Mr Abdallah, 56, was in a cafe next door to the library shortly after 13:00 BST when he heard screaming and went outside.

"There was a guy who was being very brave and another guy with a white baseball cap who he was trying to control and the man in the baseball cap suddenly pulled a gun from his bag".

After a brief scuffle, he said the man stepped back and the MP became involved.

Mr Abdallah said the weapon had "looked handmade" and a man who had been wrestling with the gunman continued even after seeing the gun. He said: "The man stepped back with the gun and fired it and then he fired a second shot, as he was firing he was looking down at the ground." "He was kicking her as she was lying on the floor", he said."

[Jowsey]

Shocking. Hope she pulls through.

Will be interesting to hear the attackers motives. No doubt a little crazy?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

http://metro.co.uk/2016/06/16/batley...stall-5948867/

Labour MP Jo Cox is in a critical condition after she was shot outside a library in Birstall by a man allegedly shouting ‘Britain First’.

I just hope we don't spiral into pre-election violence like some countries do and I hope it is an isolated incident longterm.

[The Hand]

She died about 20 minutes ago.. RIP Jo .. utterly insane and tragic.

[Biscuit]

http://metro.co.uk/2016/06/16/batley...stall-5948867/



I just hope we don't spiral into pre-election violence like some countries do and I hope it is an isolated incident longterm.

Unconfirmed he was actually a member though. If he does turn out to be a member then it will be interesting to see how they respond.

I'm sure the irony isn't lost of any of us if they proclaim him to be a minority that doesn't represent the feelings of the group as a whole.

[Peter Parker]

Horrible.

Wife, mother of 2, seems to have been trying to do lots of good. Really heartbreaking

[cptwhite_uk]

There's a portion of humanity that just make me think it would be better all round if we managed to wipe ourselves out. What an absolute waste of a life, the needless grief...isn't humanity just horrible when you look at us objectively?

[The Hand]

Unconfirmed he was actually a member though. If he does turn out to be a member then it will be interesting to see how they respond.

I'm sure the irony isn't lost of any of us if they proclaim him to be a minority that doesn't represent the feelings of the group as a whole.

There does appear to be quite a lot of here say on Channel 4 news that the suspect had/has mental health issues. Nothing official yet though.

[Tumble]

There's a portion of humanity that just make me think it would be better all round if we managed to wipe ourselves out. What an absolute waste of a life, the needless grief...isn't humanity just horrible when you look at us objectively?

The planet is LONG overdue a MEE...

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Looks like he did have mental illness in the past and was a subscriber to neo-Nazi material:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-0...-links/7520362

[Spreadie]

Shocking news - I cannot imagine what her family are going through at the moment.

Let's hope the press focus on her life's work and achievements rather than turn her killer into some kind of grotesque celebrity.

[directhex]

Looks like he did have mental illness in the past and was a subscriber to neo-Nazi material:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-0...-links/7520362

Nigel Farage, May 17th 2016: "if people feel voting doesn’t change anything, then violence is the next step"

Nigel Farage, June 15th 2016: reprinting of literal 30s Nazi propaganda

Tommy Mair, June 16th 2016: white nationalist assassinates MP who argued that Britain had a moral duty to accept more Syrian refugees.

Yup, yup.

[scaryjim]

... Nigel Farage, June 15th 2016: reprinting of literal 30s Nazi propaganda ...

Slightly OT, but the irony of a man who took an MEPs salary for years whilst being proud of not doing his job, standing in front of a sign saying "The EU has failed us all" ...

I think this snippet from CAT's link is the most pertinent:

Alex Massie, writing in the Spectator magazine, blamed the "Leave" campaign for raising tensions.

"When you encourage rage you cannot then feign surprise when people become enraged," Mr Massie wrote.

"When you present politics as a matter of life and death, as a question of national survival, don't be surprised if someone takes you at your word."

Yet another unintended consequence of people "just speaking their minds". Ain't "free speech" marvellous...

[Smudger]

Wise words from her husband...

[opel80uk]

Nigel Farage, May 17th 2016: "if people feel voting doesn’t change anything, then violence is the next step"

In fairness, and even a cursory glance at my posts will tell you I have absolutely nothing but contempt for Nigel Farage and his gang, I think the point he was making was that violence is an inevitable outcome of people feeling that they have no democratic means of change, and on that point he is entirely correct, as opposed to him advocating violence. I've said it numerous times before; it is unacceptable that in a 'democracy', 4 million people voted for UKIP and 1 MP was returned. That simply plays into their, and extremists, hands.

[TheAnimus]

Nigel Farage, May 17th 2016: "if people feel voting doesn’t change anything, then violence is the next step"

Nigel Farage, June 15th 2016: reprinting of literal 30s Nazi propaganda

Scott Mair, June 16th 2016: white nationalist assassinates MP who argued that Britain had a moral duty to accept more Syrian refugees.

Yup, yup.

That's a awful comparison to make.

You should go back to writing for the Star: http://i.imgur.com/Sf2yMSH.jpg

I'm firmly in the Remain camp but you can't begin to suggest that Farage is to blame for this.