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Labour MP Jo Cox died of her wounds (Photo: Reuters)

UK campaign suspended after deadly attack on MP

[UPDATED 16 June at 18.40] The EU referendum campaign was suspended Thursday afternoon (16 June) after an MP, who later died of her wounds, was shot and stabbed in the street.

Labour MP Jo Cox, who supported the Remain side in the EU campaign, was attacked by a man who reportedly shouted "Britain first".

The incident took place in Birstall, in northern England, next to a library where Cox usually met people from her West Yorkshire constituency.

Witnesses quoted by British ...

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