Today’s British news is dominated by Donald Trump narrowly escaped with his life after an attempted assassination at his rally in Pennsylvania. Images of the aftermath show Trump being escorted away with a bloodied ear, as one spectator was killed and two others are in critical condition. Secret service agents shot and killed the gunman, whom the FBI has identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.
On Sky News this morning, journalist Tom Newton Dunn, who was present at the rally, gave his account to Trevor Phillips. Newton Dunn said that it took a few seconds before the crowd realised they were hearing high velocity rounds, and ‘that’s when the terror struck in’. He described a lot of anger after the incident, with some men ‘blaming Joe Biden, blaming CNN’.
Lucy Powell: ‘This is a horrific incident which we condemn completely’
On the BBC, Leader of the House of Commons Lucy Powell told Kuenssberg that ‘the thoughts of the British government are with the American people and President Trump’s family’.
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