British MP Killed after Brutal Attack

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British politician and Labor MP Jo Cox died after being attacked in a local constituency, police confirmed, drawing to a halt immense campaigning over the country's future in the European Union [EU].

Cox, an outspoken Remain campaigner, was reportedly shot and stabbed during a regular public meeting with constituents in Birstall, near Leeds in northern England on Thursday.

In this respect, a 52-year-old man was arrested by West Yorkshire Police in connection to the attack.

In further details, an eyewitness told Sky News that Cox was trying to intervene in a scuffle between two men, one of whom pulled a gun and fired twice.

The 41-year-old mother of two and a Cambridge University graduate became a Parliament member in May 2015, representing Batley and Spen in Yorkshire.

In sympathy with Cox, both "Leave" and "Remain" campaigns, who will decide UK's membership in the EU in a referendum on June 23, said they were suspending their operations in the wake of the attack.

Eventually, the Kingdom's Prime Minister David Cameron canceled a Thursday night rally in Gibraltar, while the "Stronger In" campaign halted all activities for the day.

The Vote Leave also halted its plans on Thursday, announcing the return of its campaign bus to London.

The last attack on a British lawmaker took place in 2010, when Labor MP and former minister Stephen Timms was stabbed at his office in London. The assailant, a 21-year-old student, was angry over his backing for the Iraq war.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team