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U.S. ELECTION

Trump safe after assassination attempt thwarted at golf course

By Jordi Bou

September 16, 2024 - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is safe after what the FBI called an apparent assassination attempt at Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Secret Service agents fired on a gunman in bushes near the property line of the golf course after he was spotted a few hundred metres from where Trump was playing on Sunday, law enforcement officials said.

A person identified locally as Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was taken into custody after the car the suspect fled in was stopped 45-minutes away from the golf course.

The apparent attempt on Trump's life came just two months after he was grazed in the right ear when a gunman fired on him at a campaign rally. That shooter was killed in return fire by security agents.

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PUBLISHED: 16/09/2024; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images, Google Earth
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