Jo Cox: EU referendum campaigning on hold after MP shooting

Jo Cox is in critical condition after being attacked
PA Wire
Mark Chandler16 June 2016
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Campaigning for the EU referendum has been suspended today after MP Jo Cox was shot in her constituency.

Vote Leave suspended its battle bus campaigning for the rest of the day after the MP was attacked.

The 41-year-old mother-of-two is currently fighting for life in hospital after being shot in Birstall, West Yorkshire.

One witness claimed the gunman yelled "Britain first" during the attack.

Boris Johnson was scheduled to visit a business in Ipswich for the final stop of his East Anglia trip, but Vote Leave said this would no longer take place.

Mr Johnson said: "A colleague of ours, Jo Cox, has been attacked and very seriously injured today.

"We have decided in view of that to suspend all campaigning. The visit will not be going ahead."

He added: "Our thoughts are very much with Jo Cox and her family."

The Stronger In team said it was also putting campaigning on hold.

Its account tweeted: “We are suspending all campaigning for the day. Our thoughts are with Jo Cox and her family.”

The Prime Minister also announced he would not be going ahead with a Remain event in Gribraltar.

He said: It's right that all campaigning has been stopped after the terrible attack on Jo Cox. I won't go ahead with tonight's rally in Gibraltar."

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