BERKELEY — Controversial provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos announced Saturday morning via Facebook that he has plans to return to Berkeley, following violent demonstrations that prompted UC Berkeley to cancel his speaking event there last week.

“I’m planning to return to Berkeley to give the speech I was prevented from delivering,” Yiannopoulos said in a post on his Facebook page. “Hopefully within the next few months. I’ll keep you posted.”

UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof said the university has not heard from student groups about inviting Yiannopoulos back to campus. The Berkeley College Republicans, the group that planned his previous speaking event, did not immediately respond to requests for comment by this news organization.

“Student groups have the right and ability to invite who they wish,” Mogulof said Saturday. If the college Republicans or any other student group invites Yiannopoulos back to campus, the university would discuss it with the group and with university police, he said.

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UC police said they brought in extra officers and metal barricades in preparation of Yiannopoulos’ event last week.

Yiannopoulos was scheduled to speak at the campus’ Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union on Wednesday evening before the event was called off as violent demonstrators gathered outside the building.

UC Berkeley officials condemned the violence of the protests the following day.

Advertised on Eventbrite as “The Dangerous Faggot Tour,” Yiannopoulos’ speaking tour also included stops at UC Davis and UCLA. The UC Davis event was also canceled amid protests. Yiannopoulos writes for the Breitbart News and has drawn ire for his expressions of racism and misogyny.

Still, many have advocated for his right to speak at the campus under the First Amendment, including UC Berkeley.

Yiannopoulos criticized the protesters on his Facebook page and posted a meme that seemed to compare liberal protesters to fascists in Nazi Germany.

Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin issued a statement on Twitter that denounced the violence of the protests. He also encouraged a “peaceful dialogue about the issues” and a community that “stands united against bigotry.”