BIRSTALL, England — The man detained by police in connection with the killing of a rising star of British politics had long-standing 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.
The details emerged as police on Friday tried to piece together the motive behind the killing of the British lawmaker, Jo Cox, who was stabbed and shot at midday Thursday in an attack that stunned the nation and led to a suspension of Britain’s European Union referendum campaign just a week before the vote.
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