Breaking: See what Trump said after he escaped assassination attempt at US election rally

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Pennsylvania, United States - Former United States President Donald Trump has provided details of the assassination attempt on his life at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 13.

Trump said he could hear “a whizzing sound” before he felt a bullet hit his right ear.

Trump said bullet pierced upper part of his right ear Photo credit: James Devaney/GC Images
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He stated this in his first public statement since being shot by a gunman identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, Huffington Post reports.

“I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear,” Trump wrote on his social media site, Truth Social, at 8:42 p.m. Eastern time.

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Reporting the same incident, BBC reported that Trump wrote:

"I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. "Much bleeding took place, so I realised then what was happening."

Source: Legit.ng