Jo Cox, a member of the British parliament, died after being shot in northern England, UK police have said.
West Yorkshire Police said on Thursday a 52-year-old man had been arrested following the incident, which prompted the suspension of campaigning for next week's EU referendum
Local media reported that Labour party member Jo Cox, 41, had been shot at her advice surgery in Birstall, near the city of Leeds.
One witness told the Press Association that Cox had intervened in a scuffle between two men, one of whom pulled a gun from a bag and then fired twice.
"She was taken by air ambulance from Birstall library near the city of Leeds. Witnesses say she was shot and stabbed and taken by air ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary," Al Jazeera's Barnaby Phillips, reporting from London, said.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said, "the whole of the Labour Party and Labour family - and indeed the whole country - will be in shock at the horrific murder of Jo Cox today".
A mother of two, Cox was a leading campaigner for Britain to remain in the 28-member bloc and chaired the all-party parliamentary committee on Syria.
She became a Labour MP for Batley and Spen last year and was known for her work on women's issues.
Campaigning suspended
Following the attack, both sides in Britain's upcoming referendum on leaving or staying within the EU said they were suspending campaigning for the day, while Prime Minister David Cameron said he would pull out of a planned rally in Gibraltar.
The Stronger in Europe camp said it was "suspending all campaigning for the day", while a spokesman for the rival Vote Leave group, which is backing a so-called Brexit, said that their "battle bus" had stopped campaigning for the day.
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