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US Shooting Incident: PM Modi condemns attack, says ‘violence has no place’ after Trump evacuated
US Shooting Incident: Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed relief on Sunday that US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and Vice President JD Vance were safe following the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington.
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Taking to X, PM Modi condemned the attack and affirmed that "violence has no place in a democracy". Image: ANI
Written By: ZeeBiz WebTeam
Updated: Sun, Apr 26, 2026
04:25 PM IST
04:25 PM IST
ZeeBiz WebDesk
US Shooting Incident: A suspected gunfire was reported in the lobby of the Washington Hilton on Saturday evening (local time), prompting US President Donald Trump and other senior officials to be evacuated from the White House Correspondents' Dinner. On Sunday, April 26, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed relief that US President, First Lady Melania Trump and Vice President JD Vance are safe following the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
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Taking to social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), PM Modi condemned the attack and affirmed that "violence has no place in a democracy". He also expressed well wishes to the US President and other cabinet members present at the event.
PM Modi Condemns Violence, Expresses Relief and Extends Wishes for Safety of US Leadership
"Relieved to learn that President Trump, the First Lady and Vice President are safe and unharmed following the recent security incident at a Washington DC hotel. I extend my best wishes for their continued safety and well-being. Violence has no place in a democracy and must be unequivocally condemned," the PM wrote.
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Relieved to learn that President Trump, the First Lady and Vice President are safe and unharmed following the recent security incident at a Washington DC hotel. I extend my best wishes for their continued safety and well-being. Violence has no place in a democracy and must be…
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 26, 2026
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Following the incident, President Trump, First Lady, and Vice President were immediately evacuated from the ballroom by tactical teams and taken to a secure location. Meanwhile, Trump praised the quick response of security officials during the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, while also recalling previous assassination attempts on him in Pennsylvania and Florida.
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Trump, while delivering remarks in the Press Briefing Room, after the shooting incident, announced that the shooter of the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington is a resident of California and is 'sick'.
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"The law enforcement and DC police just spoke with the mayor... You see the attacker in different positions, but you also see the attacker totally subdued and under control... This is not the first time in the past couple of years that our republic has been attacked by a would-be assassin who sought to kill in Butler, Pennsylvania, less than two years ago... and in Palm Beach, Florida, a few months after that, we came close. We really had, again, some great work done by law enforcement...," he said.
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The US President used the security lapse at the Hilton Hotel to emphasise the need to strengthen security infrastructure and argue in favor of his banquet hall being built at the White House, suggesting that the structure would provide a more secure venue for future events.
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"It's not a particularly secure building, and I didn't want to say this, but this is why we have to have all of the attributes of what we're planning at the White House," Trump said during his news conference. "It's actually a larger room, and it's much more secure. It's got drone-proof. It's bulletproof glass. We need the ballroom. That's why Secret Service, that's why the military is demanding it," he added.
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