Jo Cox, Labour MP for Batley and Spen, has died Thursday after being attacked in her northern England constituency.
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn the whole party and extended family are “in shock at the horrific murder” of the MP.
“Jo died doing her public duty a the heart of our democracy, listening ot and representing the people she was elected to serve,” Corbyn said in a statement.
Read the full statement via BuzzFeed UK:
Jeremy Corbyn pays tribute to Jo Cox. pic.twitter.com/s8X5mMOY34
— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) June 16, 2016
She was 41 and a mother of two.
A 52-year-old man was arrested after the attack near Leeds, where she was meeting with constituents.
This story has been updated.
