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Member of British Parliament Is Said to Be Shot and Stabbed Member of British Parliament Is Said to Be Shot and Stabbed
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LONDON — A member of Parliament was reported to be in the hospital in a critical condition on Thursday afternoon after a shooting and stabbing attack at a library in her constituency in northern England, according to the BBC and other news agencies. LONDON — A member of Parliament was hospitalized in critical condition Thursday afternoon after a shooting and stabbing attack at a library in her constituency in northern England, according to the BBC.
The police were called to Birstall, a village about six miles southwest of the city of Leeds, at 12:53 p.m., according to a statement by the West Yorkshire Police. The officers found that “a woman in her 40s had suffered serious injuries and is in a critical condition.”The police were called to Birstall, a village about six miles southwest of the city of Leeds, at 12:53 p.m., according to a statement by the West Yorkshire Police. The officers found that “a woman in her 40s had suffered serious injuries and is in a critical condition.”
The police did not name the woman or specify her injuries, but the BBC identified her as Jo Cox, who represents the West Yorkshire area of Batley and Spen in Parliament, citing her assistant.
She was taken by an air ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary, and armed police officers were posted outside the hospital.She was taken by an air ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary, and armed police officers were posted outside the hospital.
“Very concerned about reports Jo Cox has been injured,” Prime Minister David Cameron wrote on Twitter. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Jo and her family.”“Very concerned about reports Jo Cox has been injured,” Prime Minister David Cameron wrote on Twitter. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Jo and her family.”
The police did not name the woman or specify her injuries, but the BBC and local news agencies identified her as Jo Cox, who represents the West Yorkshire area of Batley and Spen in Parliament. Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour Party, of which Ms. Cox is a member, wrote on Twitter that he was “utterly shocked by the news of the attack.”
The cause of the attack was not clear, but the BBC quoted unnamed witnesses saying that Ms. Cox had been wounded when she interrupted an altercation during a scheduled meeting with constituents.The cause of the attack was not clear, but the BBC quoted unnamed witnesses saying that Ms. Cox had been wounded when she interrupted an altercation during a scheduled meeting with constituents.
Ms. Cox, a member of the Labour Party, was elected to her post last year. Ms. Cox was elected to her post last year.
According to the biography on her personal website, Ms. Cox was born and raised around Dewsbury, England. She graduated from Cambridge, the first in her family to complete university.
Ms. Cox was involved in pro-European causes. She was an aide to Joan Walley, a British member of Parliament who supported European integration, and to Glenys Kinnock, a former Labour member of the European Parliament. She has also worked with Oxfam, the anti-hunger charity; Sarah Brown, wife of the former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown, to reduce child and infant mortality; and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to combat modern slavery. She is married with two children.