US law enforcement agencies did not have advance information about the preparation of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, an FBI spokesman said.
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“No, we had no information about any specific threat in relation to this event,” he told a news conference.
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Donald Trump interrupted a public appearance in Pennsylvania on Saturday due to the shooting. The video showed how the politician was being taken away by the arms by security; his ear was bloodied. Trump later said he was shot in the ear and lost a lot of blood.
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The US Secret Service said it had killed a suspect who fired several shots towards the stage. One spectator was killed in the shooting and two others were critically injured.
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US President Joe Biden said he is praying for Trump’s recovery, but does not yet have enough facts to call the incident an assassination attempt on the politician.
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The FBI later announced that an assassination attempt had been made on Trump; the bureau was not ready to reveal the identity of the suspect or name his motives.
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Local media write that the suspect is 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks from Pennsylvania, the state where the rally took place. He was reportedly hiding on the roof of a production building about 100 meters from the stage – outside the area where the event was being held.
