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Jo Cox: MP 'was preparing report on far-right nationalists' before she was killed

Police are investigating possible links to right-wing extremism in their investigation into the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox.

Here is what we know so far:

  • Police described the killing as a "targeted attack"
  • It was revealed police investigated two previous unrelated incidents in which Jo Cox received "a malicious communication of a sexual nature" at her Westminster office
  • The Times reports she was preparing a report on the dangers of far-right nationalists when she was murdered which she planned to publish on June 29
  • Tommy Mair has been charged with Mrs Cox's murder
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Pensioner who tried to help MP Jo Cox hailed a 'hero'

A 77-year-old man who put his own life at risk to try to help MP Jo Cox after she was shot and stabbed in the street has been hailed a "hero".

Colin Frith, a passerby who helped treat the pensioner's wounds after he himself was injured during the attack, praised the man as he told ITV News of how he helped him stem the bleeding from his own wound.

He said: "I think if there's any hero out of this it's him because he's the one that went to the attacker."

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Jo Cox: MP 'was preparing report on far-right nationalists' before she was killed

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