Labour MP shot, stabbed in West Yorkshire

June 16, 2016 19:00

An Labour Party member of Parliament has been shot and stabbed in Birstall in West Yorkshire county of England, the BBC reports.

Unconfirmed reports suggest Jo Cox, Labour MP for Batley and Spen, was shot and stabbed following which she was injured and taken to Leeds General Infirmary by an air ambulance.

A man was also thought to have been stabbed.

It is learnt that the MP was holding a surgery at Birstall Library before the attack.

More details are awaited.

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