BUTLER, United States (AFP) – Former US president Donald Trump gave his first account of being shot at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, saying “I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper 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, who was not seriously injured, said on his Truth Social site.
“It is incredible that such an act can take place in our country.”
The alleged shooter who injured US presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania was outside the event grounds, a local prosecutor said Saturday, adding that the suspect was dead.
“I don’t know how he would have gotten to the location where he was, but he was outside the grounds. And I think that’s something that we’re going to have to figure out how he got there,” said Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger.
He added that one rally attendee had died in the incident, while another was in serious condition in hospital.
Donald Trump will still attend next week’s Republican National Convention, his campaign said Saturday, after the US presidential candidate was shot and injured in an apparent assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania.
“President Trump looks forward to joining you all in Milwaukee as we proceed with our convention to nominate him to serve as the 47th President of the United States,” said the campaign statement.
