Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment. Jo Cox,a Labour Party member of the British Parliament, was stabbed, or shot,and killed today after attending a meeting with local voters at a library in her district. Ms. Cox represented Leeds in Northern England. A suspect is in custody, and police are investigating reports that the attacker shouted "Britain First, or " a possible reference to a far-right political party. Ms. Cox had called on Britain to achieve more for Syrian refugees,and was in favor of Britain remaining in the European Union — on June 23rd, citizens will vote to determine if the United Kingdom should remain in the E.
U. or leave the 28-member international coalition.All campaigning surrounding the so-called "Brexit" referendum has been suspended in the wake of Cox's death. "All of us are united in our deep sadness at the loss of one of our brightest and most accepted Westminster colleagues, or " U.
K. domestic Secretary Theresa May told reporters on Thursday.
Shabir Pandor,a member of the local Labour Party, joins The Takeaway to account for how the community in Leeds is responding. Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear our full conversation.
Source: wnyc.org