Trump headed to Republican convention after surviving assassination attempt

Trump headed to Republican convention after surviving assassination attempt

By Vijay Narayan
Monday 15/07/2024
Photo:NBC

Donald Trump said he is headed for Milwaukee, where Republicans will formally make him their presidential nominee later this week after he survived an assassination attempt that further inflames an already bitter U.S. political divide.

President Joe Biden said he had ordered a review of how a 20-year-old man carrying an AR-15-style rifle managed to get close enough yesterday to shoot from a rooftop at Trump, who as a former president has lifetime protection by the U.S. Secret Service.

Trump, 78, was holding a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania - one of the states expected to be most competitive in the Nov. 5 election - when shots rang out, hitting his right ear and streaking his face with blood.

His campaign said he was doing well and appeared to have suffered no major injury besides a wound on his upper right ear.

Trump is due to receive his party's formal nomination at the Republican National Convention, which kicks off in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, tomorrow.

Authorities identified a rally attendee who was shot and killed as 50 year old Corey Comperatore of Pennsylvania, who Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro told reporters was killed when he dove on top of his family to protect them from the hail of bullets.

Pennsylvania State Police identified the two people wounded in the shooting, both of whom were listed in stable condition. They are 57-year-old David Dutch, of New Kensington, Pennsylvania and 74-year-old James Copenhaver, of Moon Township, Pennsylvania. The Secret Service in a statement denied accusations by some Trump supporters that it had rejected campaign requests for additional security.

Source : Reuters

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