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New attempt to attack Donald Trump's life

On Sunday afternoon, September 15, former President Donald Trump was enjoying a round of golf, located in West Florida. While he was playing, an armed individual, who according to first information was positioned at a distance of approximately 400 meters, fired shots towards the field where former President Trump was playing. The situation caused the FBI and the United States Secret Service to intervene. The incident has been considered a possible assassination attempt on the former president. The second so far this year. This is Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, who, according to the police thesis, was found armed with an AK-47 style rifle. An AK-type firearm was recovered near the golf course, according to the AP. According to reports and suspicious items such as a telescopic sight, two backpacks with ceramic tiles and a GoPro camera. These items were discovered by authorities in the bushes near the area where it was initially seen. US Secret Service agents opened fire after seeing a person with a firearm near the golf course (according to AP). After the disastrous event, the communications director of the Trump campaign, Steven Cheung, issued a statement that the presidential candidate “is safe after the shooting in his immediate area.” According to police sources, cited by the AP news agency, the alleged attacker was identified as Ryan Wesley Routh, a 58-year-old man, who spent several months in Ukraine, with the intention of helping that country against the invasion of Russia. Below, the information that is known about the events and the suspect in the case. According to the first information revealed, Routh frequently published on social networks about the war in Ukraine and had a website in which he sought to raise money and recruit volunteers to move to that country, in order to fight against Moscow's troops. This conflict is definitely black and white. It's about good versus evil"(FRANCE24") In fact, 'The New York Times' reported that it had interviewed Routh in 2023 for an article about Americans who volunteered to help in Ukrainian territory. Routh then told the newspaper that in 2022 he had traveled to that nation and stayed there for several months. And that he found himself trying to recruit Afghan soldiers who fled the Taliban to fight for a favor from the attacked country. "A lot of the other conflicts are gray, but this conflict is definitely black and white. It's about good versus evil," Routh noted in an interview published by 'Newsweek Romania' in June 2022. His comments suggested he was in kyiv then.

2024-09-16 16:33:30