4 deaths, 52 arrests made after Trump supporters storm US Capitol

Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/01/07/capitol_1.jpg"/><figcaption>Police officers stand guard as supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, US, January 6, 2021. <em>Leah Millis, Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>WASHINGTON — Four people died on the US Capitol grounds Wednesday and 52 people have been arrested, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee said, after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in an unprecedented effort to stop Congress from certifying President-elect Joe Biden&#x27;s election victory.</p><p>In a late-night news conference, Contee said that 47 of the 52 arrests to date were related to violations of Mayor Muriel Bowser&#x27;s 6 p.m. curfew, with 26 of those involving people arrested on US Capitol grounds.</p><div><strong>WATCH: </strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2KR1SOzg55g?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Several others were arrested on charges related to carrying unlicensed or prohibited firearms.</p><p>In addition, Contee said, two pipe bombs were recovered from the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national committees, as well as a cooler from a vehicle on U.S. Capitol grounds that contained Molotov cocktails.</p><p>Contee declined to identify the woman a Capitol Police officer shot and killed, saying next of kin notification was still pending.</p><p>Three other people died on Wednesday because of medical emergencies, he added.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/01/07/21/pro-trump-demonstrators-storm-us-capitol">Guns and teargas in US Capitol as Trump supporters attempt to overturn his loss</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/01/07/21/trump-summoned-supporters-to-wild-protest-and-told-them-to-fight-they-did">Trump summoned supporters to &#x27;wild&#x27; protest, and told them to fight. They did.</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/01/07/21/world-stunned-by-violence-in-us-capitol-attempts-to-overturn-election">World stunned by violence in US Capitol, attempts to overturn election</a></li></ul><div><strong>WATCH: Trump supporters storm US Capitol as lawmakers meet to certify Biden win | TeleRadyo</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KF9cBtnKT8Q?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>WASHINGTON — Four people died on the US Capitol grounds Wednesday and 52 people have been arrested, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee said, after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in an unprecedented effort to stop Congress from certifying President-elect Joe Biden's election victory.<br /> </p>

WASHINGTON — Four people died on the US Capitol grounds Wednesday and 52 people have been arrested, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee said, after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in an unprecedented effort to stop Congress from certifying President-elect Joe Biden's election victory.

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4 deaths, 52 arrests made after Trump supporters storm US Capitol

4 deaths, 52 arrests made after Trump supporters storm US Capitol

Sarah N. Lynch,

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Published Jan 07, 2021 01:31 PM PHT

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Updated Jan 07, 2021 01:34 PM PHT

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