According to US media, the suspected shooter was killed after the attack on Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump in the state of Pennsylvania. This was reported by the news agency AP and the broadcaster CNN, citing the responsible district attorney. A participant in the campaign rally was also killed. Trump was taken to safety after the incident. According to a spokesman, he is “fine” and is being examined.
Video footage of the event in the town of Butler captured loud bangs. Trump then grabbed his ear and ducked away. Security personnel ran onto the stage and shielded him. He then left the stage standing upright and supported by Secret Service agents, raising his fist in the air. It looked as if Trump had blood on his ear. The Republican had only just begun his speech in Butler when the incident occurred.
Panic in the audience after attack on Donald Trump
An eyewitness told the US broadcaster CBS that he heard noises that he initially thought were fireworks. Then someone shouted that a person had been shot. The eyewitness, who was wearing a T-shirt that appeared to be covered in blood, said he was an emergency medical worker and tried to provide first aid. The person was seriously injured. Another eyewitness told the BBC that he saw a man with a rifle on a roof.
After the incident, panic broke out in the audience. People screamed. The Trump supporters were evacuated after the incident. The area around the stage was cordoned off with yellow tape and secured by heavily armed police.
Attack in the middle of the election campaign
Trump is running for the Republicans in the presidential election in November. The Republican Party Convention is set to begin in Milwaukee on Monday. There, the 78-year-old will be officially chosen as his party’s candidate for the election.
US President Joe Biden appeared before the press in the evening and demanded that everyone condemn the attack on Trump. “There is no place for this kind of violence in America,” Biden said in a statement made at short notice in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where the Democrat was staying over the weekend. “This is sick. We must stand together as a nation to condemn this.” Referring to Trump, the president further stated that he was “grateful to hear that he is safe and well.” “I am praying for him and his family and for all those who were at the rally as we await further information.”
Source: Stern
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