Trump safe after new assassination attempt, suspect arrested


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  • Monday, 16 Sep 2024

Law enforcement officers work after reports of shots fired outside Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump's Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. September 15, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Bello

(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was safe on Sunday after the Secret Service foiled what the FBI called an apparent assassination attempt while he was golfing on his course in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Secret Service agents spotted and fired on a gunman in bushes near the property line of the golf course, a few hundred yards from where Trump was playing, law enforcement officials said.

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