2023-08-02 19:40:37
One day after the indictment of former US President Donald Trump for storming the Capitol, there was another security alarm in the US House of Representatives. As the police announced on Wednesday afternoon (local time) in Washington, there are reports of an “active shooter” in the Capitol. People in the building should seek refuge, it said. A short time later, the police announced that it was probably a false alarm.
The police had reported an emergency call that said there was an active shooter in the building. It should have been a prank call, it said afterwards. No shooter could be found, and there were no injuries. The US broadcaster Fox News reported in the meantime, citing the emergency services, that it was not an active shooter, but a “mental health situation”.
MPs and senators are not allowed to stay in the Capitol, as the two chambers of parliament are currently on summer break. On January 6, 2021, a mob incited by Trump stormed the Capitol building where senators and MPs had gathered to certify the election victory of Trump’s Democratic opponent Joe Biden. It took hours for the police, who were hopelessly inferior to the crowd, to bring the situation under control. Five people died in the riot. Ex-President Trump should now be held accountable for his role in the Capitol storm. A hearing is planned for tomorrow, Thursday, before a US federal court in Washington, where the indictment against him is to be read out.
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