TRUMP INJURED DURING ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
Former US President Donald Trump was injured during an assassination attempt. The incident took place on Saturday during a rally in Pennsylvania.
The shooter has been identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, a local in the area.
Crooks was shot and killed by the Secret Service while he was lying on top of a building rooftop just outside the rally.
One attendee also died while two other attendees were critically injured by the gunman’s bullets.
The Secret Service confirmed that Trump was safe, and the bullet brushed his ear. He was escorted off stage by the Secret Service agents with a bleeding ear.
Trump took to social media soon after the event to encourage US citizens to unite saying “We should show our true character as Americans and stand strong together”.
He praised divine intervention for surviving the assassination. “It was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening. We will FEAR NOT.”
President Joe Biden said he spoke with Trump after the shooting after returning to the White House from Delaware earlier than planned.
He remarked on Saturday that he denounces the act of violence.
One eyewitness said he saw a man climbing on a low roof very close to the rally before Trump took to the podium and it was clear that the man had a rifle with him. An investigation is ongoing.
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