Amrit Kaur – who leads the party Rødts youth association Rød ungdom – shortly after the news of death posted a video clip in social media where she with sarcastic tone says that it is "so boring" that Kirk is dead and continues:
What happened to democracy? Oh no.
The recording was posted on Tiktok, but was deleted shortly thereafter. Kaur says to various Norwegian media that she "was carried away" and does not support murder of opponents.
"It was a tasteless and irresponsible attempt to be funny in a very serious situation", writes Kaur now on Facebook.
"It is the struggle for a just world and against imperialism that is the most important. I therefore resign as leader for Rød ungdom", she writes further.
In a press release earlier today, chairman Marie Sneve Martinussen wrote that the leadership expects Kaur to resign, reports NRK.
The youth association's vice chairman Ahmed S Al-Saedi has already announced his resignation due to the clip.
Rødt received just over five percent of the votes in the weekend's parliamentary election.
