Crowds march for free speech ‘martyr’ Charlie Kirk in Hyde Park, London
People attend a Charlie Kirk memorial rally by Turning Point UK in Hyde Park (Picture: Matthew Chattle/Shutterstock)
Thousands gathered in central London to pay tribute to ‘modern day martyr’ Charlie Kirk after he was shot dead.
Crowds waved Union flags, starred and striped banners and held wooden crucifixes aloft as they sang a rendition of Amazing Grace.
Others marched to Speakers’ Corner the ‘home of free speech and debate’ in Britain to honour Kirk’s legacy, chanting Christian slogans like ‘Christ is King’.
The event, organised by the UK arm of Mr Kirk’s pressure group Turning Point, gathered by the park’s Reformer’s Tree.
Right-wing activist and commentator Charlie Kirk shortly before he was shot (Picture: via Reuters)
Crowds gather to remember Charlie Kirk near Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park (Picture: Shutterstock)
Jack Ross, the CEO of Turning Point UK, told attendees that Mr Kirk was a ‘modern day martyr’ who ‘stood up against censorship and tyranny, and won’.
Mr Kirk was shot while he was addressing a rally at Utah Valley University last week.
The event was not without tension, as police were forced to intervene in a row after UKIP leader Nick Tenconi was labelled a ‘fascist’ towards the end of the sombre rally.
Police drag a man away from Charlie Kirk memorial rally (Picture: Facebook)
A clip showed officers breaking up a fight as a man shouted ‘f***ing traitor’.
Police were then shown leading the man, who was holding a camera, away from the event and out of the park.
A protester holds up a placard reading ‘You can’t silence us all’ at Hyde Park (Picture: Shutterstock)
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Activists wave British, American and Israeli flags at the memorial event in Hyde Park (Picture: i-Images)
There were also other national symbols on display, including the flags of Israel and the exiled Iranian monarchy.
Others held signs proclaiming ‘We are all Charlie Kirk’.
Attendees at the Charlie Kirk vigil in Hyde Park today marched off from Reformer’s Tree down towards Speaker’s Corner, the “home of free speech and debate” in Britain to honour his memory. Some on the march chanted Christian slogans, such as “Christ is King” as they walked pic.twitter.com/mzVfaNI4K1
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