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The US president has vowed to hunt down those funding “radical left” violence after the assassination of the conservative activist | |
US President Donald Trump has called for a crackdown on political violence after Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. The 31-year-old was struck by a single rifle round while speaking on stage to hundreds of students. | |
The suspected gunman fired from a rooftop on the Orem campus before fleeing the scene. Despite initial reports of a person in custody, the FBI later confirmed that a “subject of interest” had been released after questioning, and the attacker remains at large. | The suspected gunman fired from a rooftop on the Orem campus before fleeing the scene. Despite initial reports of a person in custody, the FBI later confirmed that a “subject of interest” had been released after questioning, and the attacker remains at large. |
Kirk, founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was widely known for his campus debates with progressive students and for his close alliance with President Donald Trump. | |
The US president has described Kirk as a “martyr for truth” and called his murder a “dark moment for America.” | |
The activist’s death has triggered a wave of reactions, with Democrats condemning “political violence” and Republicans, including Trump, blaming what they describe as hostile rhetoric from the “radical left.” |