Newspaper Ad ‘Called For Obama Assassination’

A newspaper has apologised after publishing an advert which appeared to call for the assassination of President Barack Obama.

The Secret Service is investigating the classified ad placed in Pennsylvania local paper the Warren Times Observer.

It said: “May Obama follow in the footsteps of Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy.”

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All four of the presidents named alongside Obama were assassinated.

Publisher John Elchert said it was removed as soon as a manager noticed the significance of the reference.

“It was just an honest mistake,” he said.

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