US investigating agencies are scrambling for concrete answers on whether the suspect who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump acted alone, what motivated the act of political violence, and how he obtained a semi-automatic rifle and materials for explosive devices. FBI Director Christopher Wray on Sunday said that the top investigative agencies' authorities "will leave no stone unturned" and are "committed the full force" in their investigation.
Read full storyAs the frontrunner in the US presidential race was hit in the ear in an apparent assassination attempt by a gunman at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, Iskcon recalled Sunday Donald Trump's association with the first Rathyatra in New York nearly half-a-century ago.
Iskcon Kolkata vice-president Radharamn Das called Trump's narrow escape divine intervention. "In July 1976, Donald Trump had come to the rescue of Iskcon devotees looking for a large space to construct the raths by providing his train yard for free. Today, during the Rathyatra festival, it was Lord Jagannath's turn to return the favour," Das said.
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