Global leaders express concern

HONG KONG — Global leaders have expressed concern Sunday over an assassination attempt targeting former US president Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania that left one attendee dead and critically injured two others, with many condemning the violence that shocked the world.

Trump's campaign said the presumptive Republican nominee was doing «fine» after being whisked off the stage, though the shooting pierced the upper part of his right ear.

The Secret Service said it killed the suspected shooter who attacked from an elevated position outside the rally venue.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surround by US Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. AP PHOTO

As heads of state condemned the attack, a Russian foreign ministry spokesman said American lawmakers should use the money allocated to supply weapons to Ukraine «to finance the American police» so as to «ensure law and order.»

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. extended his well wishes to Trump moments after learning about the alleged assassination attempt against him.

«It is with great relief that we receive the news that former president Donald Trump is fine and well after the attempt to assassinate him. Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family,» Marcos said in a statement posted on his official account on X.

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The Chief Executive also condemned «all forms of political violence.»

«Together with all democracy-loving peoples around the world, we condemn all forms of political violence. The voice of the people must always remain supreme,» he said.

«The voice of the people must always remain supreme,» he said

Albania

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Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said on social media platform X that it was «distressing» to witness Trump being shot while speaking at a rally and to hear an attendee had died.

«This is a tragedy for the democratic world,» he said.

Australia

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned the attempted assassination as an inexcusable attack on the United States and Australia's shared democratic values.

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«In Australia, as in the United States, the essence and the