Everything we know about second apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump
The US presidential election campaign has again been thrown into further turmoil after the second assassination attempt in as many months on the Republican candidate Donald Trump.
The FBI is investigating what it terms as “an attempted assassination” attempt on the former president while he played golf at his club in West Palm Beach on Sunday afternoon. An advance secret service agent, covering ahead of Mr Trump’s golf group, which had finished play at hole five, noticed a weapon protruding from bushes adjacent to the course and opened fire.
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