In response to last Saturday’s attempted assassination of former US President and likely Republican Party nominee for the November 5, 2024, election Donald Trump, President Emmerson Mnangagwa voiced shock and disgust.
Mnangagwa denounced “the cowardly attack” and stated that Zimbabwe stands in sympathy with the US government and people in a letter dated July 16, 2024, written to US President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. Mnangagwa stated:
Zimbabwe followed the news of the attack on the former United States of America President and presumptive Republican Party Presidential Candidate, Mr Donald Trump, with shock and revulsion.
On behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Zimbabwe, and indeed on my own behalf, I wish to extend to you, my heartfelt sympathy and condemnation of the cowardly attack, which also led to loss of life.We stand in solidarity with the Government and people of the United States in the wake of this unfortunate and tragic development.
We wish the former President and the others who were injured, a speedy recovery, and express our condolences to the family of the deceased.
Trump was the target of an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday evening.
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Shots were fired at around 6:10 PM ET, about 8 minutes after Trump went on the stage at the rally.
Trump quickly crouched behind his lectern as Secret Service agents rushed to shield him.
Corey Comperatore, a former fire chief attending the rally, was shot and killed while protecting his family.
Secret Service counter snipers shot and killed the assailant, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.
