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President
Nana
Addo
Dankwa
Akufo-Addo
has
condemned
the
assassination
attempt
on
former
President
of
the
United
States
of
America
Donald
Trump.
Mr
Akufo-Addo
says
such
acts
of
politically-motivated
violence
have
no
place
in
the
world
and
undermine
the
principle
of
democracy
and
peace.
In
a
post
on
his
X
platform,
Mr
Akufo-Addo
said
“On
behalf
of
the
Government
and
people
of
Ghana,
I
condemn
in
the
strongest
terms
the
attempted
assassination
of
President
Donald
Trump.”
Trump
was
shot
at
during
a
rally
in
Pennsylvania,
with
Secret
Service
agents
swarming
the
former
president
after
a
series
of
gunshots.
He
was
quickly
bundled
off
stage
and
into
a
waiting
vehicle
and
has
since
returned
home
to
New
Jersey.
The
FBI
say
they
are
treating
the
incident
as
an
assassination
attempt.
In
a
post
to
his
Truth
Social
network,
Trump
said
a
bullet
pierced
the
“upper
part”
of
his
right
ear.
Earlier,
his
spokesperson
said
he
was
receiving
treatment
at
a
local
medical
centre.
“I
knew
immediately
that
something
was
wrong
in
that
I
heard
a
whizzing
sound,
shots,
and
immediately
felt
the
bullet
ripping
through
the
skin,”
Trump
wrote.
“Much
bleeding
took
place,
so
I
realized
then
what
was
happening.”
Blood
was
clearly
visible
on
Trump’s
ear
and
face
as
protection
officers
rushed
him
away.
The
FBI
statement
added
that
the
incident
is
an
“active
and
ongoing
investigation”.
Pennsylvania
police
say
there
are
no
further
threats
following
the
shooting.
The
suspect
was
shot
dead
at
the
scene
by
US
Secret
Service
officers,
the
agency’s
spokesperson
Anthony
Guglielmi
said.
He
added
that
one
bystander
was
killed
in
the
shooting
and
two
others
were
critically
injured.