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British lawmaker killed in shock attack before EU vote

– ‘Great, campaigning MP’ –

After the attack, pro and anti Brexit groups said they were suspending all campaigning for Thursday and Friday ahead of the June 23 EU membership referendum.

Alex Massie, writing in the Spectator magazine, blamed the “Leave” campaign for raising tensions, saying: “When you encourage rage you cannot then feign surprise when people become enraged”.

“This is a day of infamy, a day in which we should all feel angry and ashamed,” he wrote.

Prime Minister David Cameron cancelled a planned rally during a historic but controversial visit to Gibraltar as part of his campaign for Britain to remain in the EU.

“We’ve lost a great star. She was a great, campaigning MP with huge compassion, with a big heart,” Cameron said in televised remarks.

On a visit to Copenhagen, US Secretary of State John Kerry said: “It is an assault on everybody who cares about and has faith in democracy,” he added.

Over parliament, the British flag flew at half-mast.

At a vigil nearby, Cox’s Labour colleagues gathered in silence for the MP.

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“Hatred will never solve problems,” party leader Jeremy Corbyn said at the commemoration.

Tearful mourners also gathered for an emotional vigil at St Peter’s Church in Birstall, where a Union Jack flag was hung above the entrance.

Local residents laid flowers to near the scene of the attack as police forensic officers were seen examining a shoe and a handbag in a cordoned-off area.

The attacker was named by British media as local man Tommy Mair, with neighbours quoted as saying he was a “loner” who was into gardening.

In 2010 a Thomas Mair, then aged 46, was quoted in his local paper talking about his mental health issues, the Press Association reported.

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