President
Nana
Addo
Dankwa
Akufo-Addo
has
condemned
the
attempted
assassination
of
the
former
President
of
the
United
States,
Donald
Trump,
stating
that
politically
motivated
violence
undermines
the
principles
of
democracy
and
peace.
This
comes
after
the
former
president
was
injured
in
an
attempted
assassination
at
a
rally
on
Saturday,
July
13,
in
Butler,
Pennsylvania.
Shots
rang
out
as
Trump
was
speaking
at
the
event
in
Pennsylvania,
sparking
panic
in
the
crowd
as
Secret
Service
agents
swarmed
the
former
president.
President
Akufo-Addo,
in
a
statement,
expressed
his
outrage
and
extended
his
best
wishes
to
Trump
and
the
American
people.
“On
behalf
of
the
government
and
the
people
of
Ghana,
I
condemn
in
the
strongest
terms
the
attempted
assassination
of
President
Donald
Trump.
Such
acts
of
politically
motivated
violence
have
no
place
in
our
world
and
undermine
the
principles
of
democracy
and
peace
that
we
all
hold
dear.
“We
send
our
heartfelt
best
wishes
to
President
Trump
and
the
American
people
during
this
difficult
time,
and
we
pray
for
swift
and
complete
recovery.”
Meanwhile,
Trump,
who
emerged
with
a
bloodied
face,
said
he
was
shot
in
the
ear,
describing
a
“whizzing
sound”
and
feeling
a
“bullet
ripping
through
the
skin.”
The
FBI
identified
the
gunman
as
20-year-old
Thomas
Matthew
Crooks;
he
was
shot
and
killed
by
the
Secret
Service.
One
spectator
was
killed
at
the
rally
and
two
others
were
critically
injured.
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