According to reports in the US press, a police officer who came from Ohio to increase security at the Congress spotted a suspicious-looking person near the Congress.
Witnesses said the suspect was armed with two knives and brandished them at police.
Police from Ohio shot and killed the man near the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
Former US President Donald Trump appeared before the public for the first time since the assassination attempt during his campaign rally on July 13, attending the Republican National Convention last night.
Trump is expected to address Congress on Thursday.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Former US President Trump was attacked while addressing supporters at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. One rally attendee was killed and two others were injured in the attack.
It has been claimed that US officials received intelligence that Iran would attempt to assassinate former US President Donald Trump, and that the US Secret Service has taken additional measures to protect Trump in recent weeks.
Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations (UN) has stated that US officials’ claims that they received intelligence that Iran would attempt to assassinate former US President Donald Trump were “baseless and malicious.”
Source: www.cumhuriyet.com.tr
