The Kremlin strongly condemned any violence in the context of politics, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday following an attack on Donald Trump.
The former U.S. president was hit in the ear in an assassination attempt during a campaign rally on Saturday that saw the shooter and a bystander killed and two spectators critically injured.
The Kremlin “strongly condemns any example of violence in the context of political competition,” Peskov said in a telephone press conference.
He expressed Russia’s “condolences” to “the family of the victim killed in this attack” and wished those injured a speedy recovery.
Both Peskov and Russia’s foreign ministry said the attack was predictable.
“After numerous attempts to eliminate candidate Trump from the political arena using first all legal tools — courts, prosecutors, attempts of political discrediting — it is obvious to all outside observers that his life is in danger,” Peskov said, adding however that “we do not at all believe that the attempt was organized by the current power.”
