- The Prime Minister wishes Trump a speedy recovery and good health.
- Trump was shot in the ear during a campaign rally.
- The shooter was dead and a rally-goer was killed.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday condemned the attack on former US President Donald Trump during an election rally and wished him a speedy recovery.
“I just learned that former President Trump was shot at an election rally. This is a shocking development. I condemn all violence in politics,” the prime minister said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
“We wish the former president a speedy recovery and good health.”
The shooter's name, political leanings and motivation remain unknown.
Trump was shot in the ear during a campaign rally on Saturday, sending the Republican presidential nominee's blood all over his face and prompting his security forces to surround him, before he emerged and raised his fist in the air, mouthing the words “Fight! Fight! Fight!”
The shooter was killed, a rally-goer was killed and two other spectators were injured, the Secret Service said in a statement. The incident is being investigated as an attempted murder, a source told the BBC. Reuters.
Trump, 78, had just begun his speech when the shots rang out. He grabbed his right ear with his right hand and then lowered his hand to look at it before kneeling behind the podium before Secret Service agents covered him.
He appeared about a minute later, had removed his red “Make America Great Again” hat and could be heard saying “wait, wait” before fist-bumping and then being quickly led by officers to a black SUV.
“I was shot with a bullet that went through the top of my right ear,” Trump later said on his Truth Social platform after the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, about 50 miles north of Pittsburgh. “There was a lot of bleeding.”
Trump's campaign said he was “doing well.”
The shooting occurred less than four months before the November 5 election, when Trump faces an election rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden. Most opinion polls, including those from Reuters/Ipsos shows the two engaged in a fierce contest.
Biden said in a statement: “There is no place for this kind of violence in America. We must come together as one nation to condemn it.”
— Additional information from Reuters
