SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong mentioned he was shocked to listen to concerning the assassination try on former US president Donald Trump.
“I’m relieved to listen to stories that he’s secure and recovering properly. Our ideas are additionally with the household of the deceased and people injured and impacted by the mindless assault,” Mr Wong wrote in a Fb submit on Sunday (Jul 14).
“We must always by no means resort to violence no matter any variations of views.”
Trump was shot within the ear throughout a marketing campaign rally in Pennsylvania, in what the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) mentioned was an assassination try.
The Republican presidential candidate had simply began his speech when the pictures rang out.
Trump, 78, grabbed his proper ear together with his proper hand, then introduced his hand down to have a look at it earlier than dropping to his knees behind the rostrum earlier than Secret Service brokers swarmed and coated him.
He emerged a few minute later, with streaks of blood on the correct of his face. The Republican presidential candidate pumped his fists and shouted on the viewers earlier than he was escorted off stage.
The shooter was useless, one rally attendee was killed and two different spectators had been injured, the Secret Service mentioned in an announcement.
