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Scottish rally cancelled after MP Jo Cox killed | Scottish rally cancelled after MP Jo Cox killed |
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Campaigning in Scotland ahead of the EU referendum has been suspended after the death of MP Jo Cox following a shooting and stabbing attack. | |
The Leave campaign had been due to hold a rally in Glasgow on Thursday evening, but it was called off as both sides in the debate suspended their campaigns. | |
It is thought all campaigning will also be cancelled on Friday. | |
A Remain event in Edinburgh was held as news that Ms Cox had been shot began to emerge. | |
Eyewitnesses said the Labour MP for Batley and Spen was left bleeding on the ground by her attacker. A man also suffered slight injuries in the incident in Birstall, Yorkshire. | Eyewitnesses said the Labour MP for Batley and Spen was left bleeding on the ground by her attacker. A man also suffered slight injuries in the incident in Birstall, Yorkshire. |
A 52-year-old man was arrested near the town's Market Street. The MP holds a weekly advice surgery nearby. | A 52-year-old man was arrested near the town's Market Street. The MP holds a weekly advice surgery nearby. |
Ms Cox was taken by ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary, where armed police were stationed outside. | Ms Cox was taken by ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary, where armed police were stationed outside. |
It was subsequently announced in a media conference at police headquarters in Wakefield that Ms Cox had died in hospital. | |
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted: "This is dreadful news. My thoughts and those of @theSNP are with Jo Cox and her family." | Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted: "This is dreadful news. My thoughts and those of @theSNP are with Jo Cox and her family." |
'Democratic values' | |
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale, who knew Ms Cox, said: "What is clear is that Jo Cox was attacked doing what politicians do most days when they are out-with parliament - holding a constituency surgery. | |
Politicians from the SNP, Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats had been sharing a platform at a pro-EU event in Edinburgh when the attack on Ms Cox happened. | Politicians from the SNP, Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats had been sharing a platform at a pro-EU event in Edinburgh when the attack on Ms Cox happened. |
Speakers at the rally included former Lib Dem deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, who said: "One of the great things about our democracy is that anybody can just wander in and see their MP in their weekly surgeries. | |
"That violence against Jo... is also violence against our democratic values and very proud democratic traditions." |