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Former US President Donald Trump was attacked during an election rally. Trump was addressing a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening when a 25-year-old gunman opened fire on him. However, the bullet passed through Trump's ear and he survived safely.
Trump has now been discharged from the hospital. In his first statement after the deadly attack, Trump said that he is fine and wrote in a social media post that he was shot above his right ear. The bullet injured the ear. However, Secret Service snipers killed the shooter there.
This is not the first time that a former presidential candidate in America has been attacked. Political figures have been assassinated in America before as well. After the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield and William McKinney in 1901, the Secret Service was entrusted with the responsibility of protecting the President of the United States.
andrew jackson
In 1835, Richard Lawrence tried to assassinate President Jackson outside the Capitol building in America. The attack took place when he was attending a funeral. The President fired two shots at Jackson but the bullets did not hit him and he survived safely.
Abraham Lincoln
US President Abraham Lincoln was shot in a theater in Washington on April 14, 1865. Earlier, there were two assassination attempts on him in 1861 and 1864. After the attack, the accused was shot dead after a search operation that lasted for two weeks.
james garfield
US President Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railway Station in Washington DC on July 2, 1881. He died on September 19, two months after the attack. Writer and lawyer Charles Guetta was convicted and sentenced to death for the president's murder.
Franklin Roosevelt
Like Trump, Franklin D. Roosevelt was attacked at a rally in 1912. He continued speaking despite being shot at during an ongoing meeting. However, a twist of fate was that he lost the election to Woodrow Wilson and was later assassinated while still in office in 1933.
John F. Kennedy
On 22 November 1963, President Kennedy was shot dead in Dallas, Texas, USA. Two days later, a hotel owner killed the accused. The accused had earlier also tried to bomb the car of US President John F. Kennedy. But their conspiracy failed.
gerald ford
Two assassination attempts were made on US President Gerald Ford in California. In both attempts, the attackers were women.
Robert F. Kennedy
In the year 1968, Democratic primary candidate Kennedy was shot dead in Los Angeles, America. The accused of the murder was sentenced to death.
Ronald Reagan
Former US President Ronald Reagan was shot outside a hotel in Washington on March 30, 1981. The suspect fired a total of six bullets at President Reagan. In which Riggan and three others were injured. However, he recovered after emergency surgery. The accused was arrested after the deadly attack.
Donald Trump
There have been attempts to attack Trump before. During a campaign in 2016, a 20-year-old man tried to snatch a policeman's gun at a Trump rally. The latter told him that he was trying to kill Trump.