Labour MP murdered on street in Yorkshire UK

[EmainMacha]

Not sure if this is being discussed elsewhere. Please feel to merge if so.

Labour MP Jo Cox was killed in a shooting and stabbing attack on the street in her constituency today. A 52 year old man gas been arrested. Mitives unclear currently I think. The 41 year old mum of 2 was a part of the Remain campaign. Both the leave and remain campaign have suspended canvassing for the moment.

Those poor kids.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36550304

 

[CoveredInBees]

I'm so sad about this, her kids are so young.

It really has rocked the nation, I think.

[EmainMacha]

It sounds like she was one of the good ones too. Very sad. These things happen so rarely here. A witness said the gun looked homemade.

[bashfulpixie]

Wow.  That's so unbelievably sad    her poor children

[Palimpsest]

That is really terrible.  

[samurai_sarah]

My heart goes out to Ms Cox's family and friends.

[nastyhobbitses]

American in the UK. Can't catch a break on either side of the pond, it seems. She really seemed like a true public servant who was in the game to actually help and serve the people, not to grandstand or seek glory. The UK government, the British people, and dare I say the spirit of what good political representation ought to be, lost someone truly special today, all due to senseless, stupid violence.

[Cleopatra7]

It looks like the suspect was marinading in neo-Nazi and racist literature, which included a book on how to make a homemade gun:

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in the US, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) published receipts that appeared to show Mair bought, among other books, a manual on how to make a homemade pistol from the National Alliance.

The receipts, some of which date back to the 1990s, showed Mair spent more than $620 (£436) on literature from the group, which advocates the creation of an all-white homeland and the eradication of Jewish people.

He bought books that instructed readers on the “chemistry of powder and explosives”, “incendiaries”, and a work called Improvised Munitions Handbook. The handbook included detailed instructions on constructing a pipe pistol using parts available in DIY stores.

Receipted items also included Ich Kämpfe, an illustrated handbook issued to members of the Nazi party in 1942.

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There were also reports that Mair was named as a subscriber to SA Patriot, a South African magazine published by White Rhino Club, a pro-apartheid group. The club describes the magazine’s editorial stance as being opposed to “multicultural societies” and “expansionist Islam”.

The National Alliance was founded in 1974 by William Pierce, from an earlier group called the National Youth Alliance, which emerged from the support of the segregationist demagogue, Alabama governor and three-time presidential candidate George Wallace. A book by Pierce, who died in 2002, was an inspiration for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people, according to the bomber, Timothy McVeigh.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/17/jo-cox-suspect-thomas-mair-bought-gun-manuals-from-us-neo-nazis-group-claims

[EmainMacha]

@Cleopatra7 yes they're saying he led a double life. His own half brother is mixed race and said he never saw any racist beliefs etc from his brother. How awful to have beliefs that make your own family members 'less than' to you. His brother must be in pain over this.