Jo Cox vigil: Thousands of Londoners expected to join Parliament Square tribute

MP Jo Cox has been shot and stabbed at a constituency surgery near Leeds
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Thousands of Londoners are expected to gather for a vigil for murdered MP Jo Cox this evening.

Parliament Square will host a tribute to the 41-year-old Labour MP who was shot dead outside a constituency meeting near Leeds.

As well as a candlelight vigil, a two minute silence for the mother-of-two will be observed at 7.30pm.

Event organiser and campaigns officer for London Young Labour, Philip Freeman, posted on Facebook: “A Labour MP was brutally gunned down as she was serving her constituents.

A photo of Jo Cox shared on Twitter by her husband Brendan after the attack yesterday 
Brendan Cox/Twitter

“She leaves behind a husband and two small children. Please join us to remember a tireless fighter for social justice.

“Let’s show that while we grieve, we are not afraid.”

Thomas Mair, 52, has been arrested on suspicion of her murder and remains in custody. Police are not looking for any other suspects.

Londoners gathered to mourn the death of Mrs Cox in a series of impromptu vigils last night.

Tributes: Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and deputy leader Tom Watson arrive to leave tributes at Parliament Square
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Hundreds of people stopped to pay their respects and leave bunches of flowers at a shrine in Parliament Square last night.

Flags at the Houses of Parliament and City hall were also lowered to half-mast in tribute.

Mourners lay flowers on Jo Cox's houseboat

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Houseboat owners living on the same jetty as Mrs Cox and her family in Wapping laid bouquets on their boat as ship horns rang out in tribute for a full two minutes.

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