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On 16 June 2016, Jo Cox MP was shot and stabbed multiple times outside the public library in Birstall, West Yorkshire, where she was due to hold a surgery with her constituents. She was left in a critical condition and died from her injuries approximately an hour later.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jo Cox MP dead after shooting attack|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36550304|website=BBC News|accessdate=16 June 2016|date=16 June 2016}}</ref> A "52-year-old man", identified by ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''The Independent'' as [[Thomas "Tommy" Mair]], was arrested.<ref>{{cite news|first=Adam |last=Withnall|title=Jo Cox shot: Man arrested after Labour MP shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire - latest updates|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/jo-cox-shot-live-latest-news-updates-birstall-shooting-stabbing-labour-mp-west-yorkshire-a7085561.html|work=Independent|accessdate=16 June 2016|date=16 June 2016}}</ref> | On 16 June 2016, Jo Cox MP was shot and stabbed multiple times outside the public library in Birstall, West Yorkshire, where she was due to hold a surgery with her constituents. She was left in a critical condition and died from her injuries approximately an hour later.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jo Cox MP dead after shooting attack|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36550304|website=BBC News|accessdate=16 June 2016|date=16 June 2016}}</ref> A "52-year-old man", identified by ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''The Independent'' as [[Thomas "Tommy" Mair]], was arrested.<ref>{{cite news|first=Adam |last=Withnall|title=Jo Cox shot: Man arrested after Labour MP shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire - latest updates|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/jo-cox-shot-live-latest-news-updates-birstall-shooting-stabbing-labour-mp-west-yorkshire-a7085561.html|work=Independent|accessdate=16 June 2016|date=16 June 2016}}</ref> | ||
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| + | Eye witness [[Hichem Ben Abdallah]] told [[Channel 4 News]] a "very brave" bystander tried to stop a man who pulled out a gun and shot Mrs Cox twice and also assaulted her. Mr Abdallah, who was in a cafe next door to the library, said he saw people rushing down the road towards the library and heard two shots. He saw a man wearing a "dirty white baseball cap" who started "jostling with somebody", a bystander who appeared to be trying to stop him. He said: | ||
| + | :"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. He was fighting with her and wrestling with her and then the gun went off twice."<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/news/mp-jo-cox-shot-and-stabbed-in-birstall "MP Jo Cox dies after gun and knife attack"]</ref> | ||
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| + | Mr Abdallah said Mrs Cox was shot from between two cars and then kicked as she lay on the ground: | ||
| + | :"It looked like a gun from, I don't know, the [[First World War]] or a makeshift, handmade gun. It's not sort of like the kind of gun you see normally." | ||
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| + | Mr Abdallah described a hysterical situation with lots of people screaming, but added that the gunman walked off "very, very coolly, very slowly".<ref>[http://news.sky.com/story/1713039/mp-jo-cox-killed-in-appalling-street-attack "MP Jo Cox Killed In 'Appalling' Street Attack"]</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Family== | ||
| + | Jo Cox MP was married to [[Brendan Cox]], who served as an adviser on international development to [[Gordon Brown]] during the latter's premiership. | ||
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| + | Their two children were aged three and five when she died. | ||
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| + | The Cox family divided their time between a constituency home and a houseboat on the River Thames, moored near Tower Bridge, London.<ref>{{cite news|first=Alexandra |last=Sims |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/jo-cox-dead-mp-s-husband-brendan-cox-says-she-was-killed-by-hate-a7086191.html |title=Jo Cox dead: MP's husband Brendan Cox says wife was killed by 'hate' |work=Independent |date= 16 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Husband posts picture on Twitter of MP wife outside their houseboat|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/16/labour-mp-jo-cox-shot-in-leeds-witnesses-report/#update-20160616-1557|accessdate=16 June 2016|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=16 June 2016}}</ref> | ||
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| Born | Helen Joanne Leadbeater 22 June 1974 Batley, West Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||
| Died | 2016-06-16 (Age 41) Birstall, West Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Pembroke College, Cambridge | |||||||||||
| Children | 2 | |||||||||||
| Spouse | Brendan Cox | |||||||||||
| Member of | WEF/Young Global Leaders/2009 | |||||||||||
| Victim of | Murder | |||||||||||
| Party | Labour | |||||||||||
| Subpage | •Jo Cox/Murder | |||||||||||
An MP murdered without obvious motive in June 2016.
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Helen Joanne "Jo" Cox[1] (22 June 1974 – 16 June 2016) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Batley and Spen having retained the seat for Labour in the 2015 General Election.[2]
Murder
On 16 June 2016, Jo Cox MP was shot and stabbed multiple times outside the public library in Birstall, West Yorkshire, where she was due to hold a surgery with her constituents. She was left in a critical condition and died from her injuries approximately an hour later.[3] A "52-year-old man", identified by The Daily Telegraph and The Independent as Thomas "Tommy" Mair, was arrested.[4]
Eye witness
Eye witness Hichem Ben Abdallah told Channel 4 News a "very brave" bystander tried to stop a man who pulled out a gun and shot Mrs Cox twice and also assaulted her. Mr Abdallah, who was in a cafe next door to the library, said he saw people rushing down the road towards the library and heard two shots. He saw a man wearing a "dirty white baseball cap" who started "jostling with somebody", a bystander who appeared to be trying to stop him. He said:
- "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. He was fighting with her and wrestling with her and then the gun went off twice."[5]
Mr Abdallah said Mrs Cox was shot from between two cars and then kicked as she lay on the ground:
- "It looked like a gun from, I don't know, the First World War or a makeshift, handmade gun. It's not sort of like the kind of gun you see normally."
Mr Abdallah described a hysterical situation with lots of people screaming, but added that the gunman walked off "very, very coolly, very slowly".[6]
Family
Jo Cox MP was married to Brendan Cox, who served as an adviser on international development to Gordon Brown during the latter's premiership.
Their two children were aged three and five when she died.
The Cox family divided their time between a constituency home and a houseboat on the River Thames, moored near Tower Bridge, London.[7][8]
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| Document:Peak Kinnock | Article | 19 September 2016 | Craig Murray | "11,000 people saving £2 a month might not save a dying little baby, but would exactly pay the £264,000 per year salary of Neil Kinnock’s daughter-in-law Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Chief Executive of Save the Children and wife of MP Stephen Kinnock. Misery for some is a goldmine for others." |
| Document:Someone said they wanted to see me trapped in a burning car and watch flames melt my flesh | Article | 22 October 2021 | Nadine Dorries | After the murder of MP David Amess, a crackdown on "internet trolls" is being demanded by most politicians. The UK's new Culture Minister Nadine Dorries is pursuing new overreaching legislation regulating Big Tech. The "Online Safety Bill" will abolish online anonymity and empower internet censorship. There are fears that it will be the end for freedom of expression in the UK. |
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References
- ↑ "No. 61230". The London Gazette. 18 May 2015.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto"). London Gazette uses unsupported parameters (help)
- ↑ "Batley & Spen Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2015.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ "Jo Cox MP dead after shooting attack". BBC News. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
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