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British Parliament to be recalled on Monday to pay tribute to MP Jo Cox

Xinhua, June 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said parliament would be recalled next Monday, when paying tribute to Labour MP Jo Cox in her West Yorkshire constituency alongside Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday.

Cox died after she was shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire on Thursday. Local media reported she was attacked by a 52-year-old man who was arrested shortly afterwards.

Cameron said the country "should treasure and value our democracy where Members of Parliament are out in the public, accountable to the public, available to the public, and that's how Jo died. She died doing her job."

Corbyn said he had asked for parliament to be recalled to enable politicians to pay tribute to Cox. He described her killing as an "act of hatred" and an "attack on democracy."

Vote Leave and Remain sides have both suspended campaigning in the EU referendum in light of the attack. Endit