Trump leaves hospital after assassination attempt at rally

Date:

Share post:

Donald Trump has returned to his home in New Jersey after he was injured in an attempted assassination at a rally on Saturday.

Shots rang out as he was speaking at the event in Pennsylvania, sparking panic in the crowd as Secret Service agents swarmed the former president.

Trump, who emerged with a bloodied face, says he was shot in the ear, describing s “whizzing sound” and feeling a “bullet ripping through skin”.

The male gunman was shot and killed by the Secret Service, and officials expect to release his identity in the coming hours.

One spectator was killed at the rally and two others were critically injured, according to the Secret Service.

A witness told the BBC they saw a man with a rifle crawling on a nearby roof before the shots rang out.

Video shows Trump, the leading Republican presidential contender, drop to the ground and then stand up with blood on the side of his face before raising his fist to the crowd.

spot_img

Related articles

FG donates 3,500 lifejackets to Lagos State Waterways Authority

The Federal Government through the Ministry for Marine and Blue Economy, on Wednesday, donated 3,500 lifejackets to the...

How science can fix its trust problem

Americans’ confidence in science has slipped to its lowest point in almost half a century, write neuroscientists Michael...

Armed men attack communities, kill villagers, burn down buildings

Suspected armed bandits were said to have invaded communities in Munya Local Government Area of Niger State, killing...

Why U.S impose visa restrictions on foreign nationals…

The United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced a new visa restriction policy targeting foreign...