Czech politicians have strongly condemned the assassination attempt on US presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Andrej Babiš, the former Czech presidential candidate and head of the ANO movement, called the act “crazy” on the social network X on Sunday.

Trump was shot in the upper part of his right ear by a 20-year-old during a rally at an amusement park in Butler, Pennsylvania.

One spectator was killed and two critically injured in the shooting.

“Crazy, every normal person has to condemn this,” former Prime Minister Babiš commented on X.

Pokus o atentát na @realDonaldTrump. Šílené, každý normální člověk to musí odsoudit. Přeju mu rychlé uzdravení.

— Andrej Babiš (@AndrejBabis) July 14, 2024

Current Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS) also condemned the attack and wished Trump a speedy recovery. “Politics should be a battle of opinions, violence must have no place in it. I strongly condemn the attack on Donald Trump and wish him a speedy recovery,” Fiala said on X.

Politika má být soubojem názorů, násilí v ní nesmí mít místo. Důrazně odsuzuji útok na Donalda Trumpa a přeji mu brzké uzdravení.

— Petr Fiala (@P_Fiala) July 14, 2024

Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Vít Rakušan (STAN) echoed these sentiments, stating that violence does not belong in politics. He “unequivocally” condemned the attack on Trump, who is running for president again.

Násilí do politiky nepatří. V žádné podobě, nikde na světě. Jednoznačně odsuzuji útok na D. Trumpa.

— Vít Rakušan (@Vit_Rakusan) July 14, 2024

House Speaker Markéta Pekarová Adamová reminded the public that an innocent spectator died during the attack. “I strongly condemn the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, in which an innocent person tragically died. Such an act has no place in a civilised society and is an attack on democracy, where opinions and attitudes are expressed through elections and debate, not violence,” Adamová wrote on X.

Ostře odsuzuji pokus o atentát na bývalého prezidenta Donalda Trumpa, při němž tragicky zemřel nevinný člověk.

Takový čin nemá v civilizované společnosti místo a je útokem na podstatu demokracie, kde se názory a postoje vyjadřují ve volbách a diskusí, nikoliv násilím.

— Markéta Pekarová Adamová (@market_a) July 14, 2024

According to the FBI, the perpetrator was 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks from Pennsylvania. The Washington Post reported that he was a member of the Republican Party, but his motives are still unknown.

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