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07/14/2024July 14, 2024
Israel’s Netanyahu says ‘shocked’ by incident, wishes Trump speedy recovery
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extended well-wishes to Trump on social media.
“Sara and I were shocked by the apparent attack on President Trump. We pray for his safety and speedy recovery,” he said.
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07/14/2024July 14, 2024
Japan PM Kishida: Important to stand against ‘violence that challenges democracy’
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has also reacted to the , writing that it was important to stand firm against any form of violence that challenges democracy.
“I pray for former President Trump’s speedy recovery,” Kishida said in a post on social media platform X, formerly Twitter.
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Skip next section British PM Kier Starmer says ‘appalled’ by shocking scenes at Trump rally
07/14/2024July 14, 2024
British PM Kier Starmer says ‘appalled’ by shocking scenes at Trump rally
Reactions to the apparent shooting are pouring in from across the world, with British Prime Minister Kier Starmer among the first world leaders to have reacted to the news.
Starmer wrote he was “appalled by the shocking scenes” at the rally and added that: “Political violence in any form has no place in our societies and my thoughts are with all the victims of this attack.”
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07/14/2024July 14, 2024
US Secret Service: Suspected shooter fired toward rally stage from an elevated position
US Secret Service spokesman Anthony Gugliemi issued a statement saying that the suspect and rally attendee had died in the incident, with two more attendees critically injured.
“A suspected shooter fired multiple shots toward the stage from an elevated position outside of the rally venue,” Gugliemi said.
“US Secret Service presonnel neutralized the shooter, who is now deceased,” he said.
Agents on the scene “quickly responded with protective measures” and Trump was safe, Gugliemi said. “One spectator was killed, and two spectators were critically injured.”
This information broadly mirrored earlier off the record comments from law enforcement and eyewitness accounts about the suspect’s death and about the shooter being positioned on a nearby rooftop.
Gugliemi said the incident was under investigation and that the Secret Service had also notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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Skip next section Trump says he was hit in right ear in first direct response
07/14/2024July 14, 2024
Trump says he was hit in right ear in first direct response
Former US President Donald Trump said in a post on his Truth Social website soon after Saturday’s attack at an election rally in Pennsylvania that he’d been hit in the right ear.
He said that he was “shot with a bullet which pierced part of my right ear.”
“I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social media saite. “Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening.”
Footage had shown Trump reach to that area of his face and neck after the loud noises interrupted his campaign speech in the town of Butler, with some blood also apparent on his face when he got back to his feet.
A spokesman from Trump’s team had already said that the former president was “fine” and undergoing medical checks soon after the incident.
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