{"id":4386,"date":"2016-06-17T19:05:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T11:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/17\/slain-british-politician-jo-cox-mourned-by-hundreds-of-her-constituents\/"},"modified":"2016-06-17T19:05:53","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T11:05:53","slug":"slain-british-politician-jo-cox-mourned-by-hundreds-of-her-constituents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/17\/slain-british-politician-jo-cox-mourned-by-hundreds-of-her-constituents\/","title":{"rendered":"Slain British politician Jo Cox mourned by hundreds of her constituents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f119110%2fap_893514086331\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/_hpDISnFxOlgdhM-pHlWZUetpB4=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F119110%2FAP_893514086331.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Slain+British+politician+Jo+Cox+mourned+by+hundreds+of+her+constituents&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F06%2F17%2Fvigil-west-yorkshire-jo-cox-mp-murder-birstall%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F06%2F17%2Fvigil-west-yorkshire-jo-cox-mp-murder-birstall%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A vigil for slain British MP Jo Cox has been held at her constituency town of Birstall, a short walk from the spot where she was fatally shot and stabbed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>People from different ages, cultures and religious backgrounds took part in the packed ceremony at St. Peter&#8217;s Church on Kirkgate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/06\/16\/jo-cox-parliament-maiden-speech\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Murdered British politician Jo Cox celebrated immigration and diversity in first speech<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Among the 400 participants were Labour MPs Yvette Cooper, Rachel Reeves, Dan Jarvis and Caroline Flint.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Flowers were laid close to the place where Cox was attacked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Vicar of Birstall, Rev. Paul Knight, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk\/news\/shellshocked-community-in-birstall-attends-moving-vigil-in-memory-of-mp-jo-cox-1-7968733#ixzz4BoapHqDd\">said<\/a> the brutal attack was a reminder of the &#8220;fragility of civilisation.&#8221; He added that even in times of despair, &#8220;there is no escape from the love and mercy of God.&#8221;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/06\/17\/vigil-west-yorkshire-jo-cox-mp-murder-birstall\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/jo-cox-vigil\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Jo Cox Vigil<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/birstall\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Birstall<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/west-yorkshire\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">West Yorkshire<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/jo-cox-murder\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Jo Cox Murder<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/jo-cox-mp\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Jo Cox Mp<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/Rxz0fQrMpwc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A vigil for slain British MP Jo Cox has been held at her constituency town of Birstall, a short walk from the spot where she was fatally shot and stabbed.\u00a0 People from different ages, cultures and religious backgrounds took part &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/17\/slain-british-politician-jo-cox-mourned-by-hundreds-of-her-constituents\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}