Donald Trump was injured in what the FBI said was an attempted assassination at an election rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening, an act of political violence that threatens to upend an already tumultuous US election race and deepen the country’s polarisation.
The former president was injured in a volley of gunfire at 6.15pm from an “elevated position” outside the venue, according to the US Secret Service. The shots killed one spectator and critically wounded others, all of whom were male, according to authorities.
Trump was immediately rushed offstage to his motorcade, with blood visible on his right ear and streaking across his cheek. He pumped his fists and shouted “Fight!” to the crowd before being driven away.