Murder of Jo Cox: face the judge, the suspect proclaims “Death to the traitors, freedom for the United Kingdom” – The World

“Death to the traitors, freedom for the United Kingdom” These are the words of the alleged murderer of the MP Jo Cox, during his appearance on Saturday June 18 before the Westminster court . Thomas Mair, 52, was charged with manslaughter after the death Thursday of the pro-European Labour MP Jo Cox, brutally murdered in his riding of Birstall in the north of England.

British police investigation for several days on possible links with the far right of the alleged murderer who reportedly shouted “Britain first! “ (” Britain First! “), During the attack. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, a US advocacy group for civil rights, the suspect is a “staunch supporter” of a neo-Nazi group in the United States. The British daily The Guardian writes that the police had found Nazi symbols at home, and the far-right literature, including a manual for making guns.

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The police confirmed that the suspect in “targeted attack” , had shot the MP before the stabbing, as she lay bleeding on the floor. Counsel for the cause of refugees and the EU, Jo Cox never ceased to praise diversity.

The brother of the suspect told the Sun Thomas Mair had “mental disorders of history” , a track that was also followed by the police. “It was always a calm, solitary, but also very nice. I do not believe that he could commit such an act. But he had a mental disorder “, said Mary, a neighbor of 54 years, Agence France-Presse

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A special session of parliament Monday

Birstall, Prime Minister David Cameron has called for the “tolerance” and the union by paying tribute to the young woman and convened Parliament for an extraordinary session on Monday. “Today, our nation is in shock, it is a time to step back and think about things that are so important for our country. We are 65 million to live together, to work together, to hear us. We live in peace, in an economy that is healthy, all this is possible thanks to the tolerance “, said the leader of the Conservative government, which was accompanied by the head of the Labour opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, and Parliament Speaker John Bercow.

Jeremy Corbyn denounced “an attack against democracy” and added that Parliament, on holiday since Wednesday due to referendum maintaining or not in the European Union on June 23, was recalled to his request to make a new tribute Monday to the deceased. “It was a wonderful woman. I am deeply sorry, deeply sad for what happened to him “, said Chairman of the Labour Party.

” radicalization “of the campaign to

The murder of Jo Cox, 41, a mother of two young children, has caused great emotion in the UK. The referendum campaign was immediately suspended, and at least until Sunday.

Some media do not hesitate to connect the aggressiveness of the current campaign on the death of the member. The newspaper The Guardian denounced “a brutal tone that stirs up divisions” . The Spectator had blamed the militant camp Thursday evening for the release of the EU, directly involving the leader of the anti-European party UKIP Nigel Farage, and the leaders of the campaign for the “Brexit “before removing this passage.

Friday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned against ” exaggeration and partial radicalization of discourse that do not participate in the creation of an atmosphere of respect “

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