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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Europe’s far-right leaders attack ‘hate-mongering left’ after Charlie Kirk murder

Charlie Kirk smiles as he holds a pile of red caps with the slogan: 'Make American great again'
Charlie Kirk at an event in San Diego in May. Photograph: Michael Ho Wai Lee/Sopa Images/Shutterstock

European far-right leaders have lauded Charlie Kirk, the influential 31-year-old conservative US activist who was fatally shot on Wednesday, with several also claiming his death was a consequence of violent leftwing rhetoric.

The European parliament briefly descended into chaos as far-right MEPs demanded a minute’s silence to honour Kirk, a rising star of Trump’s Maga movement, who was hit in the neck by a single bullet as he addressed students at Utah Valley University.

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