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4 dead, 52 arrested as Trump supporters protest-US Capitol

Four persons have died and 52 arrested after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed

the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, protesting to stop the Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s election victory.

According to Metropolitan Police Department, Chief Robert J. Contee, said 47 of the 52 arrests to date were related to violations of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s 6.00 p.m. curfew.

Twenty-six of those arrests were made on the U.S. Capitol grounds.

Several others were arrested on charges relating to carrying unlicensed or prohibited firearms.

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