Bullet pierced - Trump after escaping assassination bid...

S Venkateshwari
Bullet pierced - trump after escaping assassination bid...

After what appeared to be an attempt on his life, the former US president claimed on saturday that he had been "shot with a bullet that pierced his ear." There sounded like gunfire, and the 78-year-old was taken from the stage of a pennsylvania rally. According to eyewitnesses, the gunfire that happened during Trump's campaign rally might have started from the one-story structure to the right of the stage that has a white roof. At a rally, the Republican presidential contender was injured by an alleged shooter who has since died. The US Secret service stated that there appeared to be an attempt on Trump's life when "multiple shots (fired) onto the podium from an elevated position overlooking the rally venue."

Early on Sunday, US media announced that the FBI has identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of pennsylvania as the gunman in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. "The FBI has identified Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, pennsylvania," the FBI said in a statement that was quoted by NBC and CBS, as the target of the former president Donald Trump's July 13 assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen expressed her dismay at the shooting incident at a donald trump event on Sunday, saying that a bystander was killed and the former US president was injured. The president of the european Commission expressed his amazement at the shooting that occurred during the former president Trump's campaign event on X. "I send my sympathies to the relatives of the innocent victim and wish donald trump a swift recovery. The speaker said that political violence has no place in a democracy.




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