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Jo Cox, a member of the British parliament, died after being shot in northern England, UK police have said.
West Yorkshire Police said on Thursday a 52-year-old man had been arrested following the incident, which prompted the suspension of campaigning for next week's EU referendum
Local media reported that Labour party member Jo Cox, 41, had been shot at her advice surgery in Birstall, near the city of Leeds.
One witness told the Press Association that Cox had intervened in a scuffle between two men, one of whom pulled a gun from a bag and then fired twice.
"She was taken by air ambulance from Birstall library near the city of Leeds. Witnesses say she was shot and stabbed and taken by air ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary," Al Jazeera's Barnaby Phillips, reporting from London, said.
A mother of two, Cox was an MP since 2015 and chaired the all-party parliamentary committee on Syria.
Cox, a Cambridge University graduate and aid worker, became a Labour MP for Batley and Spen last year. Known for her work on women's issues, Cox had worked with several charities.
West Yorkshire Police said on Thursday a 52-year-old man had been arrested following the incident, which prompted the suspension of campaigning for next week's EU referendum
Local media reported that Labour party member Jo Cox, 41, had been shot at her advice surgery in Birstall, near the city of Leeds.
One witness told the Press Association that Cox had intervened in a scuffle between two men, one of whom pulled a gun from a bag and then fired twice.
"She was taken by air ambulance from Birstall library near the city of Leeds. Witnesses say she was shot and stabbed and taken by air ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary," Al Jazeera's Barnaby Phillips, reporting from London, said.
A mother of two, Cox was an MP since 2015 and chaired the all-party parliamentary committee on Syria.
Cox, a Cambridge University graduate and aid worker, became a Labour MP for Batley and Spen last year. Known for her work on women's issues, Cox had worked with several charities.
