LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British MP Jo Cox has died from her injuries, police said, after being reportedly shot and stabbed in an attack in the street on Thursday. “I am now very sad to have to report that she has died as a result of her injuries,” West Yorkshire Police chief Dee Collins told reporters. Cox was pronounced dead at 1:48pm (1248 GMT), Collins told a press conference in Wakefield, northern England. The […]
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Mourners lay flowers in Westminster in tribute to slain MP
LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) — People laid flowers and left tributes in Parliament Square in central London on Thursday evening (June 16) in memory of opposition Labor MP, Jo Cox, who was earlier shot dead in a street attack, not far from her northern England constituency office. The killing of a British member of parliament caused deep shock across Britain and the suspension of campaigning for next week’s referendum on the country’s EU membership. Jo […]
