United States | Woman dies amid congressional unrest: Washington curfew has begun

A woman died Wednesday after being shot amid unrest in the U.S. Congress, where hundreds of protesters in support of Donald trump they broke the fences and entered the building. Inside, the two chambers met to count the electoral college’s votes for the president-elect Joe Biden. The circumstances in which the victim was injured are still unknown.

Wife she was rushed with heavy bleeding from inside the legislative seat during the riots protests, which lasted for several hours. The police expelled them at the end of the afternoon.

Congress suspended the session in an emergency, and security forces guarding the building evacuated all lawmakers and staff. The police sounded the emergency alarm and issued a message asking those inside the facilities to ‘seek refuge’ and “Internal threat”.

In the aftermath of the riots, the Democratic mayor of Washington Muriel Elizabeth Bowser decreed that in the capital of the United States the curfew will apply from 18 this Wednesday (20 in Argentina). Meanwhile, the outgoing president ordered the transfer of the National Guard to Congress.

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