Jo Cox Shot

The man accused of killing British lawmaker Jo Cox repeatedly shouted "Britain first" as he shot and stabbed her in a murder that shocked the country, a court heard on Monday.

British police said on Friday that right-wing extremism was an important line of inquiry in the murder of lawmaker Jo Cox, after a man with suspected neo-Nazi links and a history of mental illness was arrested over the killing.

Jo Cox, a British member of parliament who campaigned for the country to stay in the EU and more aid for Syrian refugees, was killed in a brutal street attack on Thursday.

The man detained by police in connection with the killing of a rising star of British politics had longstanding ties to a U.S.-based neo-Nazi organization and, in the past, had ordered a how-to guide for assembling a homemade gun, according to a watchdog group that tracks extremist behavior.

A British lawmaker died on Thursday after a shock daylight street attack, throwing campaigning for the referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union into disarray just a week before the crucial vote.

The man accused of killing British lawmaker Jo Cox repeatedly shouted "Britain first" as he shot and stabbed her in a murder that shocked the country, a court heard on Monday.

British police said on Friday that right-wing extremism was an important line of inquiry in the murder of lawmaker Jo Cox, after a man with suspected neo-Nazi links and a history of mental illness was arrested over the killing.

Jo Cox, a British member of parliament who campaigned for the country to stay in the EU and more aid for Syrian refugees, was killed in a brutal street attack on Thursday.

The man detained by police in connection with the killing of a rising star of British politics had longstanding ties to a U.S.-based neo-Nazi organization and, in the past, had ordered a how-to guide for assembling a homemade gun, according to a watchdog group that tracks extremist behavior.

A British lawmaker died on Thursday after a shock daylight street attack, throwing campaigning for the referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union into disarray just a week before the crucial vote.