British MP Jo Cox 'injured in shooting attack'

A member of the British parliament has been injured after being attacked in northern England, media reports have said.

Local media reported on Thursday that Labour party member Jo Cox, 41, had been shot at her advice surgery in Birstall, near the city of Leeds.

Al Jazeera's Barnaby Phillips, reporting from London, said that according to British media her condition was critical.

"She was taken by air ambulance from Birstall library near the city of Leeds. Eyewitnesses say she was shot and stabbed and taken by air ambulance to Leeds infirmary," he said.

A mother of two, Cox has been an MP since 2015 and chairs the all-party parliamentary committee on Syria, Phillips added.