DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA ● REG.NO. MCS/067/2018 - 20 RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, JULY 15, 2024, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 FBI PROBES SHOOTING, QUESTIONS ON HOW SHOOTER REACHED SO CLOSE ‘SICK, NO PLACE FOR THIS VIOLENCE,’ SAYS BIDEN AS HE SPEAKS TO TRUMP FOUR MONTHS TO POLLS, ATTACK DEEPENS POLITICAL FAULTLINES United Shock of America ‘Fight,’ says injured Donald Trump after he survives assassination bid THE SITE OF THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION USA BUTLER Pennsylvania LOCATION OF SUSPECTED GUNMAN Law enforcement snipers on roof Rally attendee who was shot The roof was less than 150 metres from where Trump was speaking, a distance from which a marksman could hit a human-sized target Bleachers STAGE WHERE TRUMP WAS SPEAKING The New York Times; satellite image by GoogleEarth God alone stopped unthinkable from happening: Trump Secret Service kills gunman; one rally attendee dead, two critical BUTLER (PENNSYLVANIA), JULY 14 Donald Trump, with blood on his face, raises his fist as Secret Service agents escort him away from the rally stage in Butler, Pennsylvania after the assassination attempt on Saturday. Evan Vucci/AP Shooter, 20, on rooftop barely 150 m away, used father’s gun MORE INSIDE THE EDITORIAL PAGE TAKING AIM AT DEMOCRACY Both Republicans and Democrats should pull their bases from the brink, the world is watching Bomb-making materials found in his vehicle, home UNMADEINAMERICA BY AMITABH MATTOO PAGE 8 MICHAEL BIESECKER & ALANNA DURKIN RICHER WASHINGTON, JULY 14 WORLD LAW ENFORCEMENT officials were working Sunday to learn more about the 20-year-old Pennsylvania man who they say tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a campaignrallyandtodetermine The body of suspect Thomas Crooks on a roof near the stage what drove him to open fire, killing one spectator. Authorities identified Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the shooterwhofiredfromarooftop outsidetherallyvenueinnearby CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 SHOOTING UPENDS WHITE HOUSE RACE, PLUNGES U.S. INTO UNCERTAINTY FULL COVERAGE, PAGE 14 PM: No place for violence in politics; condemn in strongest terms, says Rahul EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, JULY 14 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY PRIMEMINISTERNarendraModi Sunday joined a host of world leadersincondemningtheassassination attempt on former US president Donald Trump, saying violence has no place in politics and democracies. “Deeply concernedbytheattack on my friend, former President Donald Trump. Strongly condemn the incident. Violence has no place in politics CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ON THE heels of an apparent attempt to kill him, former US President Donald Trump called Sunday for unity and resilience asshockedleadersacrossthepolitical divide recoiled from the shooting that left him wounded but “fine” and the gunman and a rally-goer dead. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee said the upper part of his right ear was piercedintheshooting.Hisaides said he was in “great spirits” and doing well. “I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet rippingthroughtheskin,”Trump wrote on his social media site. “Much bleeding took place.” In a subsequent post Sunday, he said “it was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening”. “In this moment, it is more important than ever that we standUnited, and show ourTrue CharacterasAmericans,remaining Strong and Determined, and not allowing Evil to Win,” his post said. The FBI early Sunday identified the shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel A highway rescue act, a turtle with Govt to mark 75 yrs patched-up shell — and now a wait of Constitution in 96 124 153 NEW DELHI, JULY 14 RATNABHANDAROF PURI TEMPLE OPENED AFTER BREAKINGLOCKS, PANELCONDUCTS INSPECTION PAGE 6 Park, Pennsylvania, as it pressed its investigation. An FBI official saidinvestigatorshadnotyetdeterminedamotive.SecretService agents fatally shot Crooks. Thegunmanattackedfroman elevatedposition outside the rally venueatafarmshowinButler,the agencysaid.Oneattendee—identifiedasCoreyComperatore,aformerfirechieffromthearea—was killedandtwospectatorswerecritically wounded, authorities said. Theinjuredpersonsweremen. Authorities said Crooks was not carrying identification so they were using DNA and other methods to confirm his identity. Law enforcement recovered an CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Extensive campaign being planned UPASIKA SINGHAL “LOOK, SHE'S burrowing deeper into the mud… she's preparing to lay eggs soon. Turtles bury theireggsdeepinthemud,"says Vikendra Sharma in a highpitched whisper, barely able to conceal his excitement. For the last few days, the turtle, lying in a large green tub in Sharma’s foyer, has been recuperating from a recent accident that left it shattered. As Sharma gently moves the foliage, letting in a stream of light, the turtle pulls back into its shell. Around 12:30 pm on July 8, Sharma, a former physics teacher, was on his way home to THE ATTACK drew new attention to concerns about political violence in a deeply polarised US less than four months before the presidential election. It could alter the tenor and security posture at the Republican National Convention, which begins Monday in Milwaukee.Organisers said the convention would proceed as planned. bid to counter Opp PAGE 1 ANCHOR 78 EXPRESS NETWORK Fears of violence as ● polls near July rainfall surpasses Mumbai’s monthly avg in two weeks NAYONIKA BOSE AFTER ANNOUNCING SAMVIDHAAN HATYA DIWAS 15/07/2024 E E X P L A I NE D JULIE CARR SMYTH, JILL COLVIN, COLLEEN LONG & MICHAEL BALSAMO DIVYA A NEW DELHI, JULY 14 Former physics teacher Vikendra Sharma who rescued the turtle; and (right) a post-surgery X-ray of the turtle that shows its eggs. Tashi Tobgyal, Express Budaun from a gau raksha sammelan in Moradabad when he gotacallaboutaturtleindistress on the highway between Budaun and Bareilly. The caller had found an Indian Flapshell turtle (Lissemys punctata), a speciesthat'scategorisedas'vulnerable' by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) red list of wildlife species. The turtle'sshellhadcracked open, leaving a gaping wound in the area right around its neck — it didn't look like it would make it alive. What followed were a CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 WITH THE Opposition’s “Save the Constitution” poll narrative having damaged the BJP’s prospects in several seats across the country during the Lok Sabha elections, the Union government is set to embark on an extensive campaign to celebrate 75 years of the Constitution, The Indian Express has learnt. The government Friday announced that from next year June 25, the day Emergency was declared in 1975, would be observed as “Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas”. “Thisyearmarksthe75years of the Constituent Assembly adopting the Constitution of India.Theideaistocreateawareness about what the Constitution stands for, the Assembly debates, and how the government has taken steps to strengthen it,” a source told The Indian Express. The nodal ministry for the campaign willbe the Ministry of Culture that in 2022-’23 led a similarcampaign,namedAzaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, to mark 75 years of Independence. While the latest campaign’s details are being chalked out, government CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 MUMBAI, JULY 14 MUMBAISURPASSEDitsmonthly average quota of July rainfall on Sunday morning by when the metropolishadreceived862millimetresofraininthemonth,indicatingasurplusfromitsmonthly average in just two weeks. Every year, Mumbai records an average rainfall of 855.7 mm in July. ThroughoutSaturday,intense rain lashed the city, with several pockets in the suburbs recording over 100 mm of rain. Data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) showed that while the Santacruz observatory received142mmofrainbetween CONTINUED ON PAGE 2