Former President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate in the US election in November, was evacuated from a campaign rally in Pennsylvania with blood visible on his right ear after gunshots were heard, AFP journalists reported.
The incident occurred as Donald Trump had just begun his speech. In videos circulating on social media, several light explosions can be heard. At the same time, the Republican candidate stops, puts his hand to his ear and falls to the ground. Agents from the Secret Service, responsible for the security of presidents and ex-presidents, then rush towards him.
After a few moments, he stood up, surrounded by officers who escorted him from the stage to his car, according to AFP journalists. He raised his fist in the air in defiance, to cheers from his supporters.
“We saw a lot of people throwing themselves on the ground, looking confused. I heard the gunshots, it sounded like something between firecrackers and a small-calibre pistol,” a sympathiser, John Yeykal, told AFP at the scene.
The current US President, his Democratic rival Joe Biden, has been informed of the events, according to the White House.
It was Donald Trump’s last rally before the Republican convention where he is to be officially nominated as the Republican Party’s candidate to face Democratic incumbent President Joe Biden in the November election.
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