MP Jo Cox dies after shooting attack

Tributes pour in for the MP who was shot and stabbed
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Jo Cox has died after she was shot and stabbed during an attack in her constituency, police have said. 

A 52-year-old man was arrested in Birstall, West Yorkshire near the place Jo Cox held her weekly advice surgery. The 41-year-old MP died and a 77-year-old man was also injured. Witnesses told reporters that the gunman shouted "Britain first" during the tragic attack.





He earlier tweeted a picture of of wife as tribute.



Her parliamentary colleagues expressed shock and disbelief at the news.










Witness Graeme Howard, told the Guardian he heard the man shout “Britain first” before the shooting and during the arrest. He said: “I heard the shot and I ran outside and saw some ladies from the cafe running out with towels. There was loads of screaming and shouting and the police officers showed up.

“He was shouting ‘Britain first’ when he was doing it and being arrested. He was pinned down by two police officers and she was taken away in an ambulance.”

Another witness, Hithem Ben Abdallah 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 kicking her as she was lying on the floor"

Jo Cox was born in Batley and she was elected as an MP in 2015. Formerly the head of policy for Oxfam, she also worked as an adviser to Sarah Brown and Baroness Kinnock.

A number of political rallies around the EU Referendum that were due to take place tonight have been cancelled.

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