Jo Cox murder: Husband vows to 'fight the hatred that killed her' in powerful tribute

A photo of Jo Cox shared on Twitter by her husband Brendan after the attack today
Brendan Cox/Twitter
Mark Chandler16 June 2016
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In a powerful tribute, the husband of murdered MP Jo Cox has vowed to "fight against the hatred that killed her."

The 41-year-old mother-of-two died today after she was shot and stabbed outside her advice surgery in Birstall, West Yorkshire.

One witness claimed her attacker had been yelling “put Britain first” before and after he shot her.

In a statement released after her death, husband Brendan Cox said: "Today is the beginning of a new chapter in our lives. More difficult, more painful, less joyful, less full of love.

“I and Jo's friends and family are going to work every moment of our lives to love and nurture our kids and to fight against the hate that killed Jo.

"Jo believed in a better world and she fought for it every day of her life with an energy and a zest for life that would exhaust most people.

"She would have wanted two things above all else to happen now, one that our precious children are bathed in love and two, that we all unite to fight against the hatred that killed her.

“Hate doesn't have a creed, race or religion, it is poisonous.

"Jo would have no regrets about her life. She lived every day of it to the full."

Earlier, Mr Cox had tweeted a photo of his wife standing beside a barge in London.

Tributes have continued to flood in for the MP from colleagues across Westminster.

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