Milo Yiannopoulos walks back call for violence against journalists, says he was ‘trolling’

By Katie Leach

Published June 26, 2018 8:46pm ET

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Milo Yiannopoulos walks back call for violence against journalists, says he was ‘trolling’ — Milo Yiannopoulos speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in New York. iannopoulos has resigned as editor of Breitbart Tech after coming under fire from other conservatives over comments on sexual relationships between boys and older men. | (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos says he was trolling members of the media when he said he couldn’t wait for “vigilante squads” to attack journalists.

In separate statements given to the Observer and the Daily Beast, Yiannopoulos said on Tuesday: “I can’t wait for the vigilante squads to start gunning journalists down on sight.”

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