Leaders around the world have condemned the assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump on Saturday and expressed concern for him.

The Republican presidential candidate was at a rally in Pennsylvania when shots were fired and he was injured in the right ear.

The FBI has named 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks as the man suspected of carrying out the gun attack. He has been killed.

US President Joe Biden – Trump’s political opponent – called the attack “sick”, saying “there’s no place for this kind of violence in America”.

But reaction and condemnation poured in from further afield too.

“It is a tragedy for our democracies,” French President Emmanuel Macron said.

“France shares the shock and indignation of the American people.”

He also wished the former president a “speedy recovery”, a sentiment shared by a number of leaders, including those from Spain, Ireland, Italy, Australia, Turkey, Honduras and Israel.

Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, said his thoughts were with Trump and all those at the event, adding: “Political violence is never acceptable.”

As well as the suspected gunman, one spectator has also died and two others are critically injured.

The UK’s newly elected Prime Minister Keir Starmer sent the former president his best wishes and said his thoughts were with all the victims of the attack

Similarly, Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz said his thoughts were with all those affected, and called the attack “despicable”.

“Such acts of violence threaten democracy,” he added.