BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA (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,"
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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 apparent assassination attempt on Trump involved "multiple shots (fired) toward the stage from an elevated position outside the rally venue," the US Secret Service said.
"One spectator was killed, two spectators were critically injured," the agency said in a statement, adding the shooter has been killed, without giving further details. - AFP
