Third assassination attempt on Trump thwarted

KABUL (Pajhwok): Police have thwarted a third assassination attempt on former US president Donald Trump at a rally in California, a media report said on Monday.

A Nevada man with a loaded handgun, ammunition and several fake passports in his vehicle was arrested at a security checkpoint outside the venue of Trump’s rally on Saturday night in the Southern California desert.

CBS 17 reported, citing police: “This incident did not impact the safety of former president Trump or attendees of the event,”

Trump had not yet arrived at the rally at the time of the arrest.”

Trump’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the arrest.

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