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UK Labour MP Jo Cox dies

Author: newsroom | Published: June 16, 2016

Shot and stabbed

The Labour MP Jo Cox has died after being shot and stabbed multiple times after a constituency meeting.

Armed officers responded to the attack near a library in Birstall, West Yorkshire, on Thursday afternoon. A 52-year-old man was arrested in the area, police confirmed. The suspect was named locally as Tommy Mair.

Police added that Cox, the MP for Batley and Spen, had suffered “serious injuries and is in a critical condition”. She was taken earlier by helicopter to Leeds General Infirmary.

Source: Guardian

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