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Labour MP Jo Cox dies after being attacked in the street

Labour MP Jo Cox has died after being shot and stabbed in a brutal street attack. The MP for Batley and Spen passed away on her way to hospital following the incident earlier today in Birstall, West Yorkshire. Chief Constable Dee Collins said: ‘I am now very sad to have to report that she has died as a result of her injuries.’

Mother-of-two Cox, 41, was attacked close to a library where she had been holding a weekly advice surgery. A 52-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident. Cox was elected as an MP in 2015. According to her website, Jo was co-chair of the Friends of Syria All Party Parliamentary Group and was an active member of parliamentary groups working on Palestine, devolution, Pakistan, Kashmir and Yorkshire’s regional economy. A witness to the attack told Sky News: ‘I heard the first shot and ran away, as everyone else did.

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