New York, September 12 /TASS /. US National Intelligence Director Tulsey Gabbard compared the murder of political activist Charlie Kirk with attacks on September 11, 2001.
“There is a common feature of the murderer Charlie Kirk and the terrorists of the Al -qaeda group (banned in the Russian Federation), who attacked us on September 11, 2001). They all want to silence the people they disagree. To continue inspiring him with the opportunity to inspire everyone.
At 31 -year -old Kirk, they shot on September 10 during a university performance in Orem (Utah). He died in the hospital due to injury. The activist adhering to conservative views is the supporter of US President Donald Trump. In addition, Kirk continuously objected to US military assistance to Ukraine.
On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists from the Al-Qaeda group caught four passenger aircraft in the United States. They sent two of them to the World Trade Center Tower – the tallest buildings in New York at that time, Tuesday – for the Pentagon building on the outskirts of Washington. The fourth aircraft also followed the US capital, but crashed near the city of Shanksville in Pennsylvania. As a result of terrorist attacks, 2,977 people died.