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The campaign office of US Vice-President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party nominee in the presidential election, came under attack, reports said. Shots were fired into her campaign office on Monday at Tempe in Arizona, where Harris is expected to hold a rally on Friday.
With political threats becoming an issue of debate in the US presidential election, the incident coming close on the heels of assassination attempts at her rival Donald Trump raises a serious question of security of the candidates.
“We are grateful to Tempe Police for coming quickly to the scene and are fortunate no one was present or injured,” Axios quoted Sean McEnerney, Arizona Democratic Party coordinated campaign manager, as saying.
Reports said that the Tempe police issued a statement on Tuesday saying that this was the second time criminal damage occurred at the Democratic campaign office.
“We can confirm that on 9/23/24, what appears to be damage from gunfire at … a DNC Campaign Office, was discovered,” NBC quoted the Tempe police as saying.
The police said another attempt was made on September 16, when the front windows of the office were shot with what appeared to be a BB or pellet gun just after midnight.