The man arrested after the murder of the British MP Jo Cox was described by neighbors as “solitary” and polite, but he is suspected of links with neo-Nazis and suffered from “mental disorder”. Police confirmed that a man of 52 years was still in custody after the murder that took place in Birstall, in northern England. She said Friday it was investigating possible links to the extreme right and its possible mental disorders.
The British media have quickly identified as Thomas Mair, a lonely man who lives in the small city 16 000 residents over 40 years and would have shouted “Britain first” (the UK first) by taking it to the member. “He was very quiet, withdrawn. He was polite, did not drink, did not take drugs, “assured Agence France-Presse’s Stephen Lees HLM neighbor, quarantine, sitting in front of the local sports club.
was “a loner, but I can not say it was not nice,” said another neighbor, David Pickles, in several newspapers. “We used to sit next to the garages and it has never come bother us,” also reported Agence France-Presse Bethany Thurston, 13, who lives near the house of Thomas Mair.
“not violent and not politicized”
a description contrasts with the savage attack suffered by Jo Cox. According to witnesses, the assailant shot him three times, before stabbing her repeatedly as she lay bleeding on the floor. “I do not understand, really I do not understand,” said the daily Daily Mail his mother, Mary 69 years old.
His brother also expressed his bewilderment. “I always have trouble believing it. My brother is not violent and not at all political. He has a history of mental illness, but he got help, “told the Sun Scott Mair. The suspect had himself mentioned his mental problems during an interview in 2010 in his local newspaper, the Huddersfield Examiner .
The newspaper explained that he had become a volunteer at Oakwell Ball park Birstall after being treated at the day care center Pathways for adults suffering from mental illness Mirfield. “I can honestly say that it made me more good than all the psychotherapy and medications in the world,” he had said then.
The Nazi symbols at his home
Regarding his possible links with the neo-Nazi movement, the daily the Guardian said the Police found Nazi symbols at his home and the far-right literature, including a manual for making guns . The Southern Poverty Law Center, a group of American civil rights, it also appears as a “staunch supporter” of the National Alliance, a neo-Nazi group based in the United States.
Thomas Mair, whose Photo shows the military jacket with a white cap, and would have spent more than 620 dollars (550 euros) in works of this group that called for the creation of a country populated exclusively of whites and eradication of the people Jewish.
the man, who lived alone for 20 years after the death of his grandmother, also subscribes to the south African magazine S. A. Patriot , which is published by the pro-apartheid group the White Rhino Club, according to the Daily Telegraph . His half-brother Duane St Louis himself has told the tabloid The Sun he was obsessed with personal hygiene. “He was washing all the time. “
” I know he suffered from obsessive compulsive disorder. He washed his hands with a scraper scouring pans to the blood, “said Agence France-Presse Stephen Lees. According to other neighbors, he also helped the library to which the member has been killed.
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