“Where we see hatred, where we find division, where we see intolerance, we must drive it out of our politics and out of our public life and out of our communities”, Cameron said.
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Cox, whose first speech in parliament defended immigration and diversity, lived with her husband Brendan and their two children aged three and five, on a houseboat on the Thames near Tower Bridge.
Police in Northern England are now looking into whether parliamentarian Jo Cox’s alleged killer was connected to far-right extremism. “It’s the well of hatred that killed her”, Corbyn, the leader of the main opposition Labour Party, said.
She said the regional counter-terrorism unit was aiding in the investigation, in part to determine any links with other extremists, but the Birstall native was believed to have acted alone.
The nurse of 40 years says she never saw Mair angry, heard him swear and didn’t hear him make any racist comments.
The announcement by the police comes after an American civil rights group revealed Mair ordered a homemade gun manual from a Neo-Nazi group in the US.
The Southern Poverty Law Centre (SPLC) said Mair was sent an invoice for £430 worth of books by the National Alliance – a white separatist movement. He also received materials titled “Chemistry of Powder & Explosives”, “Incendiaries” and “Improvised Munitions Handbook”.
Police cordoned off a house about a 15 minutes’ walk from the attack site, which neighbors said belonged to Mair.
“Thomas Mair, 52, of Birstall, will appear at Westminster Magistrates Court today”.
“She dedicated her passion to those who needed it most and harnessed her limitless love even and especially, for those who allowed hate to consume them”.
British media reported that Mair’s name was on a decade-old website listing subscribers to the SA Patriot, a South African magazine published by a pro-apartheid group, the White Rhino Club.
Wallen said Cox “was attacked and sustained serious injuries from both a firearm and a knife and despite assistance from passers-by, the ambulance service and police officers who were quickly on the scene, she sadly died of her injuries”. An extreme right-wing group called Britain First denied any connection with Mair.
A nationwide referendum on European Union membership is being held in Britain next Thursday.
Britain First, whose motto is “Taking our country back”, has attempted to discredit reports Mair shouted the phrase during the attack and is accusing the “Vote Remain” (in EU) side of trying to exploit Cox’s killing for its campaign. Rival groups Britain Stronger In Europe and Vote Leave said they were canceling rallies and major events planned for Saturday, though local door-to-door leafleting could resume.
On Friday, Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn appeared together in Birstall, laying flowers in memory of Cox, and calling her death an “attack on democracy”.
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Floral tributes and candles are seen near a photo of slain Labour MP Jo Cox at a vigil in Parliament Square in London, Thursday, June 16, 2016.
