Former US President Donald Trump target of assassination attempt at Pennsylvania rally

The Republican candidate for president ducked to the floor and was surrounded by Secret Service agents as shots rang out, while the gunman, who was killed by security forces, has been named as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.

Donal Trump escaped with a wound to his ear and raised a defiant fist into the air and shouted "fight" as the cheering audience chanted "USA".

A member of the audience was killed in the shooting and two others were critically injured.

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