A Texas university has cancelled a planned white supremacist rally on its campus next month, citing safety concerns following the deadly violence at a rally in Virginia at the weekend.
Texas A&M University, one of the most prestigious public colleges in the United States, scrapped a September 11 rally at which known white supremacist leader Richard Spencer was scheduled to speak.
Spencer was one of the leading figures in a rally that saw hundreds of white supremacists gather Saturday in the town of Charlottesville, triggering violence that left one person dead and 19 others injured.
The university’s decision to cancel the event came after it emerged that organisers were billing the event as “Today Charlottesville, Tomorrow Texas A&M.”
“linking the tragedy of Charlottesville with the Texas A&M event creates a major security risk on our campus,” the university said in a statement.