President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has sent a message of consolation to Mr. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America, following tragic news of a mass shooting which left more than fifty-seven (57) persons dead.

The shooting incident, which occurred on Sunday, October 1, at Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas, also left at least five hundred and twenty-seven (527) others injured, some very seriously.

It happened during a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. The shooter fired from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel.

According to a Foreign Ministry release, in the message to her U S counterpart Donald Trump,  President Sirleaf stated, “During this time of sorrow and burden, I extend to you and the American People, especially those affected by this atrocious act, the warmth of friendship and condolences from the people of Liberia and in my own name.”

The Liberian President condemned, in the strongest term, the cowardice act perpetrated against innocent lives. She also used the occasion to console the families of those whose lives were taken and pray for the speedy and full recovery of the injured.