A bomb team was called to the USA Turning Point headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, after a “suspicious bag” was left outside in front of the funeral of the Charlie Kirk founder.
Wednesday morning, the large suitcase was found outside the headquarters of the non -profit organization, and the street was completed.
A bomb removal robot was deployed and the bag was then tried safe. Police have raised restrictions on the region, but did not say what was in the luggage or if someone had been arrested.
The incident highlights the increased anxiety surrounding public political events in the United States, after the assassination of Kirk.
Police said they had intensified a “superbowls” security operation for Kirk funeral, which will take place on September 21, with the commemorative service held at the Glendale Farm Stadium Stadium, just outside Phoenix, which previously welcomed three Superbowls, in 2008, 2015 and 2023.
With a capacity of 63,000 people and as an event open to the public which must only provide its name, address, postal code, email and telephone number, it poses major security challenges.
“This location can be considered an attractive target for a hostile actor because of his visibility,” said Jonathan Wackrow, a former American secret service agent said to cnn.
“The potential for it to be disrupted by a series of different threats, even the threat of a threat, is something on which the police must really concentrate and set up the attenuation protocols in place.”
Donald Trump And the republican personalities of his government are among the guests who will attend the event, which means that a huge security operation is underway, exerting increased pressure on American secret services, which is would have Already under tension.
“The secret services join the nation by offering our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Kirk,” said secret service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi, in a statement.
“The joint security planning is underway for the Memorial and Charlie Kirk funeral and appropriate public security information will be provided as the process matures in the coming days.”
Kirk’s funerals will be held 11 days after the right -wing activist’s assassination, the killer pulling a single blow at a conference in front of thousands of students at UTA State University.
Tyler Robinson22 years old, the suspect in the murder, appeared on Tuesday in court, faced with seven accusations and was informed that prosecutors will ask for the death penalty.
Kirk’s murder comes a year after two assassination attempts on Trump, in which a bullet hit the present-president.
The White House asked an additional $ 58 million for security financing to protect the government’s executive and judicial branches after the Kirk assassination, NBC News reported this week.
Additional security funding to protect members of the congress is also wanted and has the support of the government.
In the wake of Kirk’s assassination, a number of public events have been canceled, with increasing concerns concerning a series of high-level murders in the United States, including Kirk, Democratic Democrat Melissa Hortman and her husband and CEO of United Healthcare Brian Thompson.
