Al Jazeera news :Jo Cox, a member of the British parliament, died after being shot in northern England, UK police have said.West Yorkshire Police said a 52-year-old man has been arrested.A mother of two, Cox was an MP since 2015 and chaired the all-party parliamentary committee on Syria.Reuters adds: The death of opposition Labour lawmaker Jo Cox is a tragedy, British Prime Minister David Cameron said.”The death of Jo Cox is a tragedy. She was a committed and caring MP (Member of Parliament). My thoughts are with her husband Brendan and her two young children,” he said on Twitter.Earlier report says: A member of the British parliament has been injured after being attacked in northern England, her office has said. Local media reported on Thursday that Labour party member Jo Cox had been shot at her advice surgery in Birstall, near the city of Leeds.Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Phillips, reporting from London, said that according to British media her condition was critical.”She was taken by air ambullance from Birstall library near the city of Leeds. Eyewitnesses say she was shot and stabbed and taken by air ambulance to Leeds infermary,” he said. “She is a 41-year-old Labour member of parliament, a mother of two. She first came into parliament during the general elections of 2015, she chairs the all-party parliamentary committee on Syria.”
