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Brexit campaigning still halted as UK mourns slain lawmaker

Police continue to search the crime scene in Birstall, West Yorkshire, England Friday, June 17, 2016 the day after Labour MP Jo Cox was murdered in the street outside her constituency advice surgery.  (Danny Lawson/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT
Police continue to search the crime scene in Birstall, West Yorkshire, England Friday, June 17, 2016 the day after Labour MP Jo Cox was murdered in the street outside her constituency advice surgery. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT Police continue to search the crime scene in Birstall, West Yorkshire, England Friday, June 17, 2016 the day after Labour MP Jo Cox was murdered in the street outside her constituency advice surgery. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT

LONDON (AP) – Campaigning in the referendum on Britain’s membership in the European Union remains suspended as Britain mourns the killing of Labour Party legislator Jo Cox.

It is not yet clear when campaigning will resume ahead of the vital June 23 vote on whether Britain should remain in the 28-nation bloc.

There were tributes to the 41-year-old Cox across much of Britain Friday.

She was shot to death Thursday afternoon in her constituency near Leeds in northern England. A 52-year-old man has been arrested but has not been charged. He has been named locally as Tommy Mair.

West Yorkshire Police have not offered a motive for the slaying.