Bloodied Trump raises defiant fist following apparent assassination bid


BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA (AFP): Former president Donald Trump raised a defiant fist to the crowd after an apparent assassination attempt by a gunman at a campaign rally Saturday, in a chaotic and shocking incident that fueled tensions ahead of the US presidential election.

The 78-year-old former president was rushed off stage with blood streaked across his face after the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, while the gunman and a bystander were killed and two spectators critically injured.

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