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US President Donald Trump ordered flags to all government buildings in the United States until Sunday, to mourn the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk by shot as he participated in a debate in Utah state. Trump described the incident as "a dark moment for America."
The president said in a video clip published on Wednesday evening: “I am steeped in sadness and anger at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kerk at a university in Utah.
Scenes, the European News Network in Brussels, "" Trump linked Kirk's killing to his assassination attempt in Battler, Pennsylvania, in addition to other prominent violent incidents, including the killing of a manager of UNITEDHEALTHCARE in New York last December, and the shooting incident at the majority leader in the House of Representatives Steve Scales in 2017.
Trump speaks in the wake of Kirk's death
The President attributed these incidents to "a directly responsible speech for the terrorism that we see today in our country," adding that the Americans and the media should "face the fact that violence and killing are the tragic result of criminalization of those who disagree with them."
He concluded his speech as a pledge to confront political violence with a broader plan, saying: "My administration will find everyone who contributed to this crime and in any other political violence, including the organizations that funded and support it, as well as those who target judges and law enforcement officers and everyone who works to impose order in our country."
How did the incident occur?
Kirk had launched a cultural tour entitled "The American Return Tour", which includes 15 activities in various universities across the country, and Utah was its first station.
Videos showed the moment of his death, as he was sitting on a platform to address a large open -air crowd, about 64 km south of the city of Salt Lake, at 12:20 pm local time, when one bullet sounded.
At that moment, Kirk was trying to answer a question from one of the attendees about weapons violence, according to video clips published on the Internet. One of the attendees asked him: "Do you know the number of perpetrators of mass killings in America during the past ten years?" Kirk answered, smiling, "Will the gang violence calculate or not?" After moments of the bullet I wanted to kill.
Kirk appeared as he put his hand on his neck before he fell from his seat, which caused a panic among the attendees. In another clip, the blood was seen flowing abundantly from his neck immediately after being injured.
In the aftermath of the incident, the state police announced in a statement that it had detained two men and interrogated one of them, but later released them after making sure that there was no connection with them to the shooting incident, noting that the investigation and chase are still continuing.
Bo Masson, a delegate of the Public Safety Department of Utah, said during a press conference that the suspected port fired one bullet from a high position on the roof of a building, killing Kirk, 31,.
As for Jeff Long, the head of the university police, he explained that there were six security elements, along with Kerk's protection team when the accident occurred
Kirk is the co -founder of the Turning Point Usa, the largest conservative youth organization in the United States, played a pivotal role in mobilizing youth in favor of Trump during the last elections. The Republican leader praised his role after winning the second presidency, praising his efforts to make "great America" ​​again.
Kirk continues about 5.3 million people on the "X" platform, and it was introducing a podcast and a famous radio program entitled "The Charlie Kerk Show", and recently participated as a participant host in the Fox & Friends program on "Fox News".
It was part of a network of conservative influential people supporting Trump, such as Jack Buswobic, Laura Lomer and Candes Owens, who helped strengthen the president's agenda.
He was known in his provocative style in discussing sensitive issues related to race, gender and immigration, and his support for Israel, as well as his ongoing attacks on traditional media.
Chaos in the House of Representatives
In Washington, the House of Representatives failed to adhere to a moment of silence in mourning for Kirk, after the session turned into an exchange of screaming and accusations.
Republican and democratic politicians expressed their shock from the incident, and Hakim Jeffrez, leader of the democratic minority in the House of Representatives, said: "Political violence is unacceptable in any way and against any individual and completely contradicts the American values. We pray to his family in this tragedy."
Violence escalated against a political background in America
The United States is currently witnessing an unprecedented period of political violence since the 1970s, as Reuters has documented more than 300 political violent incidents since Trump supporters attack on the Congress building on January 6, 2021.
In July 2024, Trump escaped an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania when he was hit by a surface bullet
Two months later, a second assassination attempt was thwarted thanks to federal agents, and the trial of the accused is scheduled to start on Thursday.
Last April, a person set fire to the home of the governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro while his family was at home
The Democratic Representative in Minnesota Melissa Hortmann and her husband were also killed by an armed bullets claiming to be a police officer, and a democratic Senator and his wife were injured in the same attack.
In Colorado, a man attacked an activity of solidarity with Israeli hostages using a primitive flame launcher and Molotov bottles, killing a woman and wounding six other people.
In 2022, a man with a hammer assaulted Nancy Pelosi's husband, the former president of the parliament, which resulted in a skull fracture.
In 2020, a right -wing militia planned to kidnap the governor of Michigan Democratic State of Gretchin, but the plan was frustrated before its implementation