4 dead, 52 arrested after Trump supporters storm US Capitol building amid demonstrations

At least four people died and 52 people were arrested on Wednesday after supporters of sitting PresidentDonald Trumpstormed the Capitol in an unprecedented effort to stop Congress from certifying PresidentelectJoe Bidenrsquos election victory Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J Contee saidA woman was killed in gunfire by the police inside Capitol building amid protests and riotingSmoke was seen emanating from the Capitol that was under occupation by supporters as the National Guard and federal law enforcement personnel moved in to remove the riotersWATCH Supporters of outgoing US President Donald Trump hold a demonstration at US Capitol in Washington DC as Congress debates certification of Joe Bidens electoral victory pictwittercomc7zCgg9Qdumdash ANI ANI January 6 2021On Wednesday nearly three hours after Trumpbackers stormed the Capitol that houses Congress TV broadcasts showed what appeared to be flash bombs going off and smoke which may be from teargas coming out of a part of the building and some of the mob leaving the area jumping out a windowAlso ReadUS Senate rejects challenge to Bidens Arizona winA curfew came into effect at 6 pm local timeThe riot started when Congress that was holding a joint session to ratify the electoral the college votes electing Democrats Joe Biden as President and Kamala Harris as Vice PresidentCongress staffers barricade themselves after Trump supporters stormed inside the US Capitol in Washington DC on January 6 2021 Pic AFPThousands of the rioters shouting Trump and USA USA overwhelmed the police and pushed the barriers around the Capitol and rushed after the joint session adjourned for the Senate and the House of Representatives met separately to consider objections to the electoral college votes from ArizonaThe rioters reached all the way into the Senate chamber from where Vice President was hustled away by security A rioter was seen on tweets sitting in the chair of the Senate president and on TV people with Trump flags and placards were shown wandering around the chamberAlso ReadUS Capitol violence Twitter FB Instagram block Donald Trump temporarilyDemocratic Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi tweeted Im sheltering safely on the Capitol grounds as were witnessing the current acts of mob destruction and violence which followed the Presidents urging and his refusal to accept the result of our fair democratic election even as the courts and senior Republican leaders haveA TV clip on NBC TV showed Representative Pramila Jayapal in the gallery of the House of Representatives with other peopleThe rioters were at a rally where Trump had vowed he would never concede his defeat to Biden and unleashed a wave of anger saying This year they rigged an election They rigged it like theyve never rigged an election beforeThey marched from there on CongressBiden demanded that Trump go on national television to ask his supporters to end the siege and withdraw from the Capitol President Trump step up he saidShortly afterwards Trump put out a video tweet asking his supporters to go home and saying that they would play into the hands of his opponentsHe tweeted I am asking for everyone at the US Capitol to remain peaceful No violence Remember WE are the Party of Law amp Order a respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue Thank youBiden and others including members of Trumps own party blamed Trump for the violence that threatened the democratic processMembers of Congress stayed in secure places in the Capitol building and many legislators vowed to stay on and complete the process of approving the tally of the electoral college as constitutionally mandatedDemocratic Senator Tammy Duckworth said on TV that Congress members will not be cowered down by the mobs and will stay on to complete their task however long it takes She is a wounded military pilot who lost her legs in actionIronically the security procedures put in place to protect the members of Congress had been developed to deal with foreign terrorist attacks and not for a domestic onslaughtMichael Morell a former CIA acting director told CBS TV that officials who considered threats had not foreseen anything like thisThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever