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- The FBI office in Salt Lake City, Utah, has posted two images of a “person of interest” in the killing of Charlie Kirk, a conservative American activist and influential ally of US President Donald Trump who was shot dead at a university event in Utah in an apparent targeted assassination.
- He was speaking at a debate at Utah Valley University when authorities say a shooter fired a single round from a rooftop. Videos show Kirk reaching up with his right hand as blood gushed from the left side of his neck.
- It remains unclear who carried out the deadly shooting or what the motive is. Utah Governor Spencer Cox called the killing a “political assassination”.
- There was initial confusion over the manhunt for Kirk’s killer with FBI Director Kash Patel posting the “subject” had been detained – before walking that back an hour later.
- Kirk’s killing is the latest example of political violence in the US. That violence spans a range of political ideologies and has affected members of both major political parties, but polling shows large majorities of Americans reject political violence.
- Trump said on Thursday that he would attend Kirk’s funeral, while tributes from far-right figures poured in from across the globe.