2023-12-16 04:37:03
The attack on Parliament in New Delhi shocked the nation. In 2021, scenes of people storming the US Capitol building, the parliament of the US, the most developed country in the world, and trespassing on the offices of the Vice President and the Speaker of the House were circulated in 2021. The US Parliament, the world’s most powerful military force, has seen many attacks, the most notable of which was in 1954. Metal detectors and security systems were not in vogue at the Capitol at that time. 4 Puerto Rican nationalists entered the Capitol with guns and waving the Puerto Rican flag. They were fighters for the independence of Puerto Rico from the United States.
Once inside the Capitol, they drew their guns and started firing. Five representatives were injured in the attack. The assailants were caught and sentenced to almost half a century in prison. Although there was no loss of life, the incident gained international fame. The first attack occurred in 1814 when the US Parliament building was under construction. In 1812, the conflicts between the United States and Britain escalated into a war. Then in 1814, the British army attacked the capitol building and burned the furniture in the assembly hall. A small replica of the statue of liberty inside the parliament was destroyed. At that time, the US Supreme Court was located in the capitol. The court hall was also set on fire.
The first assassination attempt on a US president was in 1835. The target was then President Andrew Jackson. The attack was carried out by British immigrant Richard Lawrence. Jackson, who was returning from a condolence ceremony at the US Capitol, was shot at by the assailant, but no shots were fired. He tried a second time, but Jackson was saved by his accomplices.
Richard was angered by some of the economic policies introduced by Andrew Jackson. After this, the Capitol witnessed another attack in 1856. But this time, it was not outsiders, but the members of Parliament themselves. Preston Brooks, a representative from South Carolina, beat Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner to death with a stick.
The US Parliament was bombed in 1915. It was July 4th, America’s Independence Day. Eric Munter, a former Harvard University professor, went to the Senate lobby of the Capitol and detonated the explosives. Munter was angered by the indirect support and aid given by the United States to Britain, which was one of the main parties in the First World War.
In 1971, an anti-war group planted a bomb in a Capitol restroom. In 1983, another bombing occurred near the Senate chamber. In 1998, an armed assailant shot and killed two police officers on duty in the Capitol. In 2013, the police shot and killed a woman who broke into the Capitol. In 2016, the police arrested the 66-year-old assailant who opened fire in the Parliament. He was later sentenced to life imprisonment.
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The Day Puerto Rican Nationalists Attacked the US Capitol
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