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Jo Cox (Labour MP) stabbed, shot dead in Yorkshire
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Bloody terrible. Hope she's going to be alright, and that the culprit's brought to justice as quickly as possible.
mehrmantrout
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Hopefully she will be ok but god forbid if it was an immigrant. We may as well wrap up the out vote now
Edit eye witnesses are saying it was an old guy 65-70
Edit eye witnesses are saying it was an old guy 65-70
Yeah.
I always said there'd be an attack before the referendum... Not saying this is it, because I expected something a tad more drastic, but it wouldn't surprise me if this was an attack by a far-right leave voter with the intention to kick up a fuss before the vote.
A horrible situation for all concerned.
Interesting.
I wonder if this is unconnected to the Brexit debate and ISIS etc.
Interesting.
I wonder if this is unconnected to the Brexit debate and ISIS etc.
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Small update
NekoFever
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Worth pointing out she's very involved in the Syria situation as well. She co-wrote this editorial, if anyone's curious about her position.
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
Also worth pointing out
Might not have been a targeted attack against her but we can only speculate.
PJV3
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Her husband was involved with the silly stuff on the Thames yesterday, hopefully she's going to be OK.
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This is so sad. So many nutters out there.
Oh my goodness, prayers from Sweden
Getting flashbacks to the murder of Anna Lindh.Gemüsepizza
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Why would it be an immigrant? Seems to me much more likely that it was the other way around. There was a similar case in Germany where a candidate for mayor in Cologne was stabbed by a rightwing extremist for her refugee-friendly stance:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/17/henriette-reker-german-mayoral-candidate-stabbed
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attentat_auf_Henriette_Reker
Hot Coldman
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Christ, this is close to me. Madness.
starpiercer
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Disgusting. I hope she pulls through.
IdreamofHIME
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Unbelievable. I'm stunned something like this can happen.
It happened at a surgery she was holding. Hard to believe someone would take a gun to that for any other target.
It happened at a surgery she was holding. Hard to believe someone would take a gun to that for any other target.
killer_clank
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Bloody hell.
ReplacementPelican
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Shot? In England? Jesus Christ. Hope she's okay.
The level of misinformation and exaggeration in this campaign has been truly shameful, from both sides. If this is related to the referendum then there is blood on the hands of the politicians and journalists involved IMO.
EDIT: "According to the BBC, a man aged 52 has been arrested in connection with the incident."
EDIT: "According to the BBC, a man aged 52 has been arrested in connection with the incident."
Heckler456
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My thoughts are with her. I hope she pulls through.
Can't believe shit like this still needs to happen in our society.
Can't believe shit like this still needs to happen in our society.
Hot Coldman
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Sky News says the witness reckoned the gun looked "makeshift, handmade". God knows what she might have been hit with. Ugh.
Guardian has this from PA
Eyewitness Hithem Ben Abdallah, 56, was in the cafe next door to the library shortly after 1pm when he heard screaming and went outside.
He told the Press Association: 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.
After a brief scuffle, he said the man stepped back and the MP became involved.
He added: He was fighting with her and wrestling with her and then the gun went off twice and then 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.
Eyewitness Hithem Ben Abdallah, 56, was in the cafe next door to the library shortly after 1pm when he heard screaming and went outside.
He told the Press Association: 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.
After a brief scuffle, he said the man stepped back and the MP became involved.
He added: He was fighting with her and wrestling with her and then the gun went off twice and then 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.
mehrmantrout
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Gemüsepizza;207320047 said:
It wasn't a slight towards immigrants, just a (personal) fear that we'd have some sort of "attack" pre Brexit vote that would sway the masses towards an out
Anyway it looks like it could be over Syria and abstaining over the air strikes vote
There was speculation among some fellow MPs that Ms Cox may have been targeted over her failure to vote against air strikes in Syria.
Read more: http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co....uge-hunt-for-attacker-1-7967886#ixzz4BkU3RwBk
Even if this wasn't the case, it IS the future with 3D printing, right?
Exterminieren
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Oh FUCK.
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Isn't ammunition just as hard to come by as guns in the UK though? I can see it being a problem in the US.
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
bobnowhere
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Fuck me.
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Jesus, here we go.
https://twitter.com/meaglemp/status/743435068849463296
Source on Britain First shout.
Sky News also reporting on it.
Source on Britain First shout.
Sky News also reporting on it.
Hot Coldman
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That's the referendum sorted then. Christ alive.
What do you mean by that¿
Saint of Killers
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Eye witnesses saying scuffle between 2 men and MP Jo Cox tried to intervene : ( Please be okay.
EdibleExplosives
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What the fuck.
George Oscar Bluth II
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Jesus Christ, that's absolutely horrible. I hope she pulls through.
Exterminieren
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It feels ghastly to even speculate, but I could see a big swing away from Leave if stuff like this is being done in its name.
Jezbollah
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Holy fuck. I just saw this news. Terrible.
I hope she pulls through
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain_First - basically another BNP.
I hope she pulls through
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain_First - basically another BNP.
This is truly sickening. I feel ashamed to be British.
Britain first is a extreme far right organisation, do a lot of protests against immigrants etc
Vote Leave have said they are suspending all campaigning.
https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/743437941960249344
https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/743437941960249344
EdwardTivrusky
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Yeah, it's a club for racist idiots. From their site:
There's also "Britain Furst" which is the satirical version of their views
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