ISTANBUL: United States (US) President Donald Trump said Saturday he hopes the US will heal following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported.
“I’d like to see it heal,” Trump told NBC News in a telephone interview. “But we’re dealing with a radical left group of lunatics, and they don’t play fair and they never did.”
“We’ll see what happens. They (the left) don’t like what’s been happening. We’ve been winning very big,” he added.
Kirk, 31, was fatally shot on Wednesday while addressing students at Utah Valley University in the city of Orem, about 40 miles (64 kilometres) south of Salt Lake City.
The apparent targeted attack occurred despite the presence of security, including six university police officers and Kirk’s private team.
Online videos captured the moment a bullet struck Kirk as he spoke, sending students fleeing in panic. He was rushed to hospital, where he was pronounced dead hours later.
“To my great fellow Americans, I am filled with grief and anger at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk on a college campus in Utah,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform – BERNAMA-ANADOLU
