Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organisation Turning Point USA, has been shot at an event at a Utah college.

“We are confirming that he was shot and we are praying for Charlie,” said Aubrey Laitsch, public relations manager for Turning Point USA.

Mr Kirk was attending an event at Utah Valley University, the Associated Press reports.

There is no word on his condition at this stage.

The shooting comes amid a spike in political violence in the United States across all parts of the ideological spectrum.

The attacks include the assassination of a Minnesota state politician and her husband at their house in June, the firebombing of a Colorado parade to demand Hamas release hostages, and a fire set at the house of Pennsylvania’s governor, who is Jewish, in Apri

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