Thomas Mair is Jo Cox's killer: a supporter of US neo-Nazis. The activist for Britain's permanence in the European Union, killed yesterday in Birstall, near Leeds, had been threatened, but the police had not protected her. A man – who was not Thomas Mair – had been arrested. But despite all this, reports the Times, the police were still evaluating whether to adopt protective measures for the Labor MP who is very active in the campaign for the United Kingdom to remain in the EU and in that for the rights of migrants.
Thomas Mair, the 52-year-old who killed Jo Cox shouting "Britan first" ("Great Britain first"), was grilled for hours by investigators who are trying to reconstruct his profile, between political fanaticism and mental imbalance. And he was formally charged with murder. From his past sympathies for American neo-Nazis clearly emerge. In 1999 he bought from the National Alliance, a US neo-Nazi organization, a manual with instructions on how to build a gun, rudimentary explosives and incendiary bottles. The news is based on purchase invoices. Per Southern Poverty Law Center, Mair was "a committed supporter" of the National Alliance.
