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British MP Jo Cox in critical condition after attack in Birstall, police say

Developing Story: British MP Jo Cox is in a critical condition after being attacked in her constituency of Batley and Spen on Thursday, according to West Yorkshire police and the office of a fellow member of Parliament.

Police have arrested a 52-year-old man in connection with an attack, the police statement said. “At 12:53 today, police were called to a report of an incident on Market Street, Birstall, where a woman in her 40s had suffered serious injuries and is in a critical condition,” said the statement. The office of fellow Labour MP John Mann confirmed it was Cox who was attacked.

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Developing Story: British MP Jo Cox is in a critical condition after being attacked in her constituency of Batley and Spen on Thursday, according to West Yorkshire police and the office of a fellow member of Parliament.

Police have arrested a 52-year-old man in connection with an attack, the police statement said. “At 12:53 today, police were called to a report of an incident on Market Street, Birstall, where a woman in her 40s had suffered serious injuries and is in a critical condition,” said the statement. The office of fellow Labour MP John Mann confirmed it was Cox who was attacked.

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