The Chinese state propaganda newspaper Global Times lamented in its coverage on Sunday that the shooting at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner was a result of “radicalization of international political divisions in America.”
The outlet also cited Chinese reporters present at the event reporting that security at the site of the dinner appeared “insufficient.”
President Donald Trump, who was attending the dinner as president for the first time, and members of his administration were rapidly evacuated from the event on Saturday after an armed man attempted to lay siege to the venue, reportedly carrying both firearms and knives. The individual was subsequently apprehended and is in police custody. President Trump later told reporters it appeared that one person, a law enforcement officer, was injured, shot repeatedly but protected by a bulletproof vest.
Reports have since identified the would-be gunman as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California,
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