Posted on 06/16/2016 10:36:15 AM PDT by traumer
A Labour MP has died after she was shot three times and repeatedly stabbed in a shocking attack as she arrived at her constituency surgery. Mother-of-two Jo Cox, 41, was airlifted to hospital after a gunman opened fire on her in Birstall near Leeds.
Witnesses said the man was at the office before she arrived and shot her three times, once in the head, before stabbing her as she lay on the ground. Her husband Brendan tweeted a photo of his wife two hours after she died from catastrophic injuries. He later urged people to 'fight against the hatred that killed her.' In a statement, he said: 'Today is the beginning of a new chapter in our lives. More difficult, more painful, less joyful, less full of love. I and Jo's friends and family are going to work every moment of our lives to love and nurture our kids and to fight against the hate that killed Jo. 'Jo believed in a better world and she fought for it every day of her life with an energy, and a zest for life that would exhaust most people.
'She would have wanted two things above all else to happen now, one that our precious children are bathed in love and two, that we all unite to fight against the hatred that killed her. Hate doesn't have a creed, race or religion, it is poisonous.
'Jo would have no regrets about her life, she lived every day of it to the full.' A 53-year-old - named locally as 'loner' Tommy Mair - has been arrested by police and his house is currently being searched by forensic experts.
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Thanks, I didn’t pick that up.
Seems to be that. Like the Congresswoman in Tucson.
Indeed it is.
Tommy Mair.... Any relation to Liz Mair, so called GOP strategist? Isn’t she/he from UK?
Of a mentally ill person. If you are in the Labor party, you are either mentally ill, or just evil.
Labour is leftist. They want to stay in EU.
Do we know the motive or are people jumping to conclusion
at age 41, i would guess not
They need more Gun Control
I think UK law doesn’t allow it with an ongoing investigation.
I hope a reporter asks that Idiot Jeh or whatever the heck his name is about what gun law in Britain would have prevented this attack.
A 53-year-old - named locally as ‘loner’ Tommy Mair
What is known about this ‘loner’? Where did he go to school, who were his childhood friends, girl/guy friends? Any social media history?
Not to joke here, but you were probably correcting my spelling. I should have used “Labour”, not “Labor.”
They also have knife control, with a “Save a Life, Turn in Your Knife” campaign. That didn’t stop him from stabbing her repeatedly or kicking her while she was down, either.
I hope it doesn’t sway the BREXIT vote.
It is horrible. It’ also horrible when muslims slice and dice a general and his wife. Didn’t hear labour crying about that one.
Ms Cox, a Labour politician, had been voting to ‘Remain’ in the EU ahead of the referendum.
Mrs Cox voted in April for the UK to accept 3,000 unaccompanied Syrian child refugees
They should outlaw Mental Illness and lock the crazies up..../S
Quiet, lived with his grandmother until she died, mentally ill and tended people’s gardens.
The back story on how and where the gun came from.
Trump’s fault.......
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