This Testimony of Witness MP Jo Cox Shooting
This Testimony of Witness MP Jo Cox Shooting
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YORKSHIRE - Jo Cox, the Labour MP shot and stabbed to death yersterday. The 41 year old mother of two young children was the victim of a daylight attack outside her West Yorkshire constituency surgery by a man who, according to two witnesses, shouted “Britain first” during the assault.
The witness, Hicham Ben Abdallah said he saw the attacker kicking Cox and then pull a handgun out of a black bag, shooting her and pulling her by the hair.
“He was fiddling with the gun, which looked like it was homemade. It seemed like the bullet was lodged, and then he shouted something and began to fire,” he said.
“He fired one shot and then three or four seconds later he fired another one. Bang, bang. And that’s when I saw her on the floor in between the two cars,” added Abdallah.
Graeme Howard (38), who lives in nearby Bond Street, said the attacker shouted “Britain first”, adding: “I heard the shot and I ran outside and saw some ladies from the cafe running out with towels. There was loads of screaming and shouting and the police officers showed up. He was shouting ‘Britain first’ when he was doing it and being arrested.”
Another witness, Clarke Rothwell, also told the BBC: “Somebody tried grabbing, wrestling with him, then he was wielding a knife, a hunting knife. He just started lunging at her with a knife, half a dozen times.” He added that people were screaming and running from the area as the gunman started “lunging at everybody with the knife”. A 77 year old man was also attacked and injured, although not seriously.
This killing incident comes six years after 21 year old student Roshonara Choudhry attempted to kill Labour MP Stephen Timms at his advice surgery in Newham, east London. Alan Johnson, the former home secretary, was among MPs who cancelled advice surgeries due to take place on Friday.
The witness, Hicham Ben Abdallah said he saw the attacker kicking Cox and then pull a handgun out of a black bag, shooting her and pulling her by the hair.
“He was fiddling with the gun, which looked like it was homemade. It seemed like the bullet was lodged, and then he shouted something and began to fire,” he said.
“He fired one shot and then three or four seconds later he fired another one. Bang, bang. And that’s when I saw her on the floor in between the two cars,” added Abdallah.
Graeme Howard (38), who lives in nearby Bond Street, said the attacker shouted “Britain first”, adding: “I heard the shot and I ran outside and saw some ladies from the cafe running out with towels. There was loads of screaming and shouting and the police officers showed up. He was shouting ‘Britain first’ when he was doing it and being arrested.”
Another witness, Clarke Rothwell, also told the BBC: “Somebody tried grabbing, wrestling with him, then he was wielding a knife, a hunting knife. He just started lunging at her with a knife, half a dozen times.” He added that people were screaming and running from the area as the gunman started “lunging at everybody with the knife”. A 77 year old man was also attacked and injured, although not seriously.
This killing incident comes six years after 21 year old student Roshonara Choudhry attempted to kill Labour MP Stephen Timms at his advice surgery in Newham, east London. Alan Johnson, the former home secretary, was among MPs who cancelled advice surgeries due to take place on Friday.
(rnz)
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