London [UK], September 14: Hundreds of people have attended a vigil for Charlie Kirk in central London, with speakers hailing him as a "Christian martyr" and calling for people to wage a "war on evil."
Kirk, 31, an ally of US President Donald Trump and co-founder and chief executive of the youth right-wing organization Turning Point USA, was shot and killed at a Utah Valley University show on Wednesday, in what authorities called a political assassination. After the shooting, Trump called Kirk a "martyr for truth and freedom" and blamed the rhetoric of the "radical left" for the killing.
Hundreds of people attended the vigil organized by activists from Turning Point UK on Friday evening by the statue of Field Marshal Montgomery in Whitehall - with many waving Union flags and a number of others wearing "Make England Great Again" (MEGA) hats.
A large portrait of Kirk was held up high by the statue as Turning Point UK chief executive Jack Ross addressed the crowd calling for left-wingers to "be careful with their rhetoric." (dpa)
Source: Qatar Tribune
