Another attempt to kill Trump raises fears of political violence
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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. THE LATEST attempt to assassinate Donald Trump, on September 15th, was only uncovered when a Secret Service agent spotted a gun barrel sticking out of a fence beside the golf course in Florida where Mr Trump was enjoying a round. Agents opened fire and a man sprang from the bushes.
He fled in a black Nissan, an eyewitness told police. The witness photographed the vehicle’s licence plate and police soon tracked it on an interstate highway, where they pulled the suspect over and arrested him. The would-be assassin’s motives are as yet unclear.
Last year the man, identified by media outlets as Ryan Wesley Routh, a 58 year old, gave an interview to the New York Times, saying that he wanted to volunteer to fight for Ukraine in its war against Russia. That interview, along with others and accounts of his social-media postings, portrayed a man with shifting partisan views who was agitated about the difficulties of volunteering in Ukraine and who spoke at times about participating in violence. Mr Trump soon said in a fundraiser email that he was “SAFE AND WELL".
But the apparent attempted assassination would be the second attempt on his life in two months. At the scene, police found an AK-47-style rifle with a sighting scope and a GoPro camera that the suspect intended to use to photograph his exploits, the Palm Beach County Sheriff, Ric Bradshaw, told a press briefing. The arrest will again shake up a presidential campaign that has in recent months endured one shock after another.
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