A attack on politicians in Minnesota. The leader of the Democrats, the wounded senator is dead

The leader of the Democrats in the State Parliament of Minnesota Melissa Hortman was shot in Brooklyn Park in the suburbs of Minneapolis, and the state senator John Hoffman shot on Friday to Saturday, the state authorities said. The attack was to be politically motivated, and the perpetrator was dressed as a policeman.

As reported by representatives of the State Police during the press conference, the first attack, against Hoffman and his wife, occurred at 2 am local time in Champlin in the suburbs of Minneapolis. The couple have been shot several times and stay in the hospital and have a chance to survive.

The attack on Hortman, a former chairwoman of the parliament and her husband, took place an hour later in Brooklyn Park, about 10 km away. When the police arrived at the politician's home to see if they were also attacked, they saw the perpetrator of a police uniform, who came by car looking “exactly like a police car”. After exchanging fire with policemen, the perpetrator escaped from the scene running and his search is ongoing. Hortman and her husband died.

As the Governor of Tim Walz said, the attack was politically motivated. A political manifesto and a list of goals on which the names of politicians were found in the perpetrator's car. The police identified the identity of the potential perpetrator, but she was not yet made public.

“Our condition lost a wonderful leader, and I lost my most expensive friend. Announcer Hortman was someone who served the inhabitants of Minnesota with grace, compassion, humor and a sense of service, was a permanent element and a giant in Minnesota every day,” Walz said. “It was an act of targeted political violence. A peaceful discourse is the basis of our democracy. We do not resolve our differences with violence or under the threat of weapons,” he added.

The attack was also condemned by the US prosecutor Pam Bondi, who announced that the FBI would take part in the investigation. “Such terrible acts of violence will not be tolerated and will be prosecuted with all the rawness of the law,” she declared.

Trump about the assassination of the Democrats in Minnesota: We will not tolerate such violence

Such terrible violence will not be tolerated in the United States – announced US President Donald Trump, commenting on the attacks of Democrats in Minnesota. Due to the attacks, the Saturday demonstration against Trump was canceled.

“I was informed about a terrible shooting, which took place in Minnesota, which seems to be a deliberate attack on state legislators. Our prosecutor general PAM Bondi and FBI are investigating the situation and will pursue everyone involved with all the rawness of law. Such terrible violence will not be tolerated in the United States of America,” Trump wrote on his social portal Truth Social.

From Washington Oskar Górzyński (PAP)

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