Irish PM condemns ‘shocking’ attack on Trump

The Taoiseach (Irish PM) Simon Harris has described an assassination attempt on the former US President Donald Trump as a “horrific, heinous criminal act”.

Mr Trump was addressing a pre-election rally in Pennsyvania when shots were fired towards him.

One spectator was killed in the attack, two others were critically injured and Mr Trump was pictured with blood spilling from his ear.

The former president was brought to safety by his bodyguards, but he later described feeling a “bullet ripping through skin” of his ear during the shooting.

Speaking on BBC News NI’s Sunday Politics programme, Mr Harris sent his best wishes to Mr Trump and said all political violence must be condemned.