British lawmaker shot in attack at advice surgery: Channel 4

LONDON - Reuters

A British lawmaker was shot and stabbed in her constituency in northern England on June 16, Channel 4 News reported. 

Media reports said Jo Cox, who is from the opposition Labour Party, had been attacked as she prepared to hold an advice surgery for constituents in Birstall near Leeds, that another man had been stabbed and a gunman was at large. 

BBC radio reported that Cox had been taken by air ambulance to a nearby hospital. 

There was no immediate comment from West Yorkshire Police. 

British lawmakers are currently not in parliament ahead of next week's referendum on whether Britain should remain in the European Union.