Police have denied that a stabbing took place at a Trump rally in Ohio, saying an officer’s pocketknife became caught in a supporter’s shirt during a fight.
The incident occurred outside the Shoemaker Center on the Ohio University Chillicothe campus on Wednesday night, while President Donald Trump was speaking at a midterm rally.
Video from the chaotic scene appeared to show a MAGA supporter sitting on a kerb with what looked like a pocketknife protruding from his back. The footage prompted speculation on social media that someone had been stabbed.
Chillicothe Police Captain Michael Short said: “There was no stabbing. The incident involved a fight, which an officer intervened to break up. The retention clip securing the officer’s pocketknife became caught in one of the individuals’ shirts during the altercation. The pocketknife did not open.”
Trump’s visit drew a small group of protesters, while the police said the reported stabbing had not taken place.
