SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said he was shocked to hear about the assassination attempt on former US president Donald Trump.
“I am relieved to hear reports that he is safe and recovering well. Our thoughts are also with the family of the deceased and those injured and impacted by the senseless attack,” Mr Wong wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday (Jul 14).
“We should never resort to violence regardless of any differences of views.”
Trump was shot in the ear during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, in what the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said was an assassination attempt.
The Republican presidential candidate had just started his speech when the shots rang out.
Trump, 78, grabbed his right ear with his right hand, then brought his hand down to look at it before dropping to his knees behind the podium before Secret Service agents swarmed and covered him.
He emerged about a minute later, with streaks of blood on the right of his face. The Republican presidential candidate pumped his fists and shouted at the audience before he was escorted off stage.
The shooter was dead, one rally attendee was killed and two other spectators were injured, the Secret Service said in a statement.