Tributes have been paid around the world to Labour MP Jo Cox, who died after being shot and stabbed.
The 41-year-old was attacked after holding a constituency surgery in Birstall, West Yorkshire on Thursday.
Among those who honoured Mrs Cox was Hillary Clinton, the US Democratic Party’s presidential hopeful, who said: “It is cruel and terrible that her life was cut short.”
Mrs Cox’s husband said the mother of two had fought for “a better world”.
Her attacker is reported to have shouted “put Britain first” at least twice. A 52-year-old man, named locally as Tommy Mair, has been arrested.
Mrs Clinton said it was “critical” Britain and the United States “stand together against hatred and violence”.
Another US politician, Gabrielle Giffords, who was the victim of an assassination attempt in 2011, wrote on Twitter that she was “absolutely sickened” by the killing, praising Mrs Cox as “young, courageous, and hardworking. A rising star, mother, and wife”.
Tributes have also be paid from across Europe to Mrs Cox, who had campaigned for Britain to remain in the EU.
Rachel Reeves, Labour MP for Leeds West, said: “Jo was so loved in her community she was part of it and MPs, if they are going to do their job, need to be part of their community to do these advice surgeries.
“We can’t let the behaviour of one man destroy that link between MPs and their constituencies.”
Ms Reeves has closed her constituency office with “safety in mind” following Mrs Cox’s death.
On Thursday, hundreds of people of all faiths packed into Saint Peter’s Church in Birstall for a service of remembrance a while a vigil was also held outside Parliament.
Churches in the parish of Batley have announced they are to remain open on Friday for those wishing to pay their respects.
The Rt Rev Dr Jonathan Gibbs, The Bishop of Huddersfield, said: “All of us held Jo in enormous affection and respect. The sadness is seeping into us more deeply.”
“I was privileged to know Jo, it’s going to be a really tough day we’ll be drawing deep on the resources of our faith.”
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was among several British politicians to attend an impromptu vigil in Parliament Square in central London on Thursday evening.
Mr Corbyn had earlier paid tribute to Mrs Cox, saying the country would be “in shock” and describing the MP as a “much-loved colleague”.
Prime Minister David Cameron said: “The death of Jo Cox is a tragedy. She was a committed and caring MP.”
Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell, who together with Mrs Cox set up the All Party Parliamentary Working Group on Syria, described her as a “force of nature”.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, he said she had been a “five foot bundle of Yorkshire grit and determination absolutely committed to helping other people”.
Mrs Cox is the first sitting MP to be killed since 1990, when Ian Gow was the last in a string of politicians to die at the hands of Northern Irish terror groups.
West Yorkshire Police have so far refused to discuss the possible motive behind the killing despite reports that Mr Mair had sympathy for far-right groups.
Political party Britain First, which boasts of its hatred of white left-wing politicians, issued a video statement condemning the attack and said that it had no connection with the incident.
Mrs Cox was married to campaigner Brendan Cox, and she had two young children, with the family dividing its time between its constituency home and a river boat on the Thames.
He said in a statement: “Jo would have no regrets about her life, she lived every day of it to the full.
“Jo believed in a better world and she fought for it every day of her life with an energy and a zest for life that would exhaust most people.”
Mr Cox vowed to “work against the hate that killed his wife” and added: “Today is the beginning of a new chapter in our lives. More difficult, more painful, less joyful, less full of love.”
Anne Wainwright, who lived on a houseboat alongside the Cox family in east London, broke down in tears as she described Mrs Cox as “amazing, wonderful and spirited”.
“We pay tribute to our amazing, wonderful and spirited member of this community – a beacon of hope who believed in love, friendship and values that we all so much need at this time.”
A Buckingham Palace spokesman has said the Queen would write privately to Mrs Cox’s husband.
Source: BBC