The Oxford Union has confirmed its incoming president will face disciplinary proceedings after he sent messages celebrating the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk.
George Abaraonye, a student at Oxford University who became president-elect of the union after a vote earlier this year, posted several vitriolic comments online in the aftermaths of the shooting in Utah.
Mr Kirk, 31, a Donald Trump ally and co-founder and chief executive of the youth right-wing organisation Turning Point USA, was shot and killed at a Utah Valley University show on Wednesday.
It has been reported that in one message to fellow students in a WhatsApp chat, Mr Abaraonye wrote 'Charlie Kirk got shot, let's f****** go', while another on his Instagram account read: 'Charlie Kirk got shot loool.'
'Loool' is an extended version of the acronym 'lol' meaning 'laughing out loud'.
