Some British man shot and stabbed UL Labour MP Jo Cox to death while shouting "Britain First". Will PAP MPs get scared that some S'pore patriot will stab them and shout "Singapore First"? Seems like there is more excuses for sinkies to do that.
BRITISH Labour politician Jo Cox has died in hospital after being shot and stabbed by a man reportedly shouting ‘Britain First’ just a week out from the Brexit vote.
Ms Cox, 41, succumbed to her injuries about an hour after the attack, and was pronounced dead at 1:48pm local time (11pm AEST).
Police say they have a 52-year-old man in custody, who The Sun names as local Tommy Mair, as well as an old fashioned gun and a long knife.
Acting Chief Constable Dee Collins said the police believe it was a “lone gunman” acting on his own.
“The most important fact here at the moment is that we have one male under arrest,” she said. “There was a further attack on a 77-year-old man who sustained injuries that are non life threatening.”
She said a number of addresses were being searched in relation to the incident.
The Sunreports eyewitness Hithem Ben Abdallah said Ms Cox got involved in a scuffle between two men in the village of Birstall near Leeds
Mr Abdallah said one of the men was fighting with Ms Cox and then a gun went off at least twice and “she fell between two cars and I came and saw her bleeding on the floor.”
After around 15 minutes, the shop owner said emergency services arrived and tended to her with a drip.
Another man, who runs a nearby cafe, told The Telegraph she was shot three times, including once in “the head area”, before being stabbed multiple times with a “foot-long knife”.
Jayda Fransen, deputy leader of Britain First, said the attack was “absolutely disgusting” and suggested Britain First was a common slogan being used in the EU referendum campaign by those who support Brexit.
“We were as shocked to hear these reports as everyone else,” Ms Fransen said. “At the moment we would point out this is hearsay, we are keen to verify the comments but we can only do that when the police provide more details.”
Ms Cox had recently pushed for England to remain in the European Union ahead of the June 23 Brexit vote.
The rival referendum campaign groups said they were suspending activities for the day and Prime Minister David Cameron said he would pull out of a planned rally in Gibraltar, the British territory on the southern coast of Spain.
“It’s right that all campaigning has been stopped after the terrible attack on Jo Cox,” he said on Twitter.
BRITISH Labour politician Jo Cox has died in hospital after being shot and stabbed by a man reportedly shouting ‘Britain First’ just a week out from the Brexit vote.
Ms Cox, 41, succumbed to her injuries about an hour after the attack, and was pronounced dead at 1:48pm local time (11pm AEST).
Police say they have a 52-year-old man in custody, who The Sun names as local Tommy Mair, as well as an old fashioned gun and a long knife.
Acting Chief Constable Dee Collins said the police believe it was a “lone gunman” acting on his own.
“The most important fact here at the moment is that we have one male under arrest,” she said. “There was a further attack on a 77-year-old man who sustained injuries that are non life threatening.”
She said a number of addresses were being searched in relation to the incident.
The Sunreports eyewitness Hithem Ben Abdallah said Ms Cox got involved in a scuffle between two men in the village of Birstall near Leeds
Mr Abdallah said one of the men was fighting with Ms Cox and then a gun went off at least twice and “she fell between two cars and I came and saw her bleeding on the floor.”
After around 15 minutes, the shop owner said emergency services arrived and tended to her with a drip.
Another man, who runs a nearby cafe, told The Telegraph she was shot three times, including once in “the head area”, before being stabbed multiple times with a “foot-long knife”.
Jayda Fransen, deputy leader of Britain First, said the attack was “absolutely disgusting” and suggested Britain First was a common slogan being used in the EU referendum campaign by those who support Brexit.
“We were as shocked to hear these reports as everyone else,” Ms Fransen said. “At the moment we would point out this is hearsay, we are keen to verify the comments but we can only do that when the police provide more details.”
Ms Cox had recently pushed for England to remain in the European Union ahead of the June 23 Brexit vote.
The rival referendum campaign groups said they were suspending activities for the day and Prime Minister David Cameron said he would pull out of a planned rally in Gibraltar, the British territory on the southern coast of Spain.
“It’s right that all campaigning has been stopped after the terrible attack on Jo Cox,” he said on Twitter.
