Friday, January 8th, 2021
Injured when confronted
US police officer dies after storming the Capitol
Unprecedented scenes take place at the US Parliament seat. Supporters of the elected President Donald Trump storm the Capitol. Four people die and several are injured. One day after the riot, a police officer died from his injuries.
A policeman injured in the rioting at the headquarters of the US Congress has died. This was announced by the police department responsible for protecting the Capitol in Washington. The official reportedly returned to his unit's office after being injured in the confrontations with the rioters. There he collapsed and was hospitalized, where he succumbed to his injuries.
After Trump supporters entered, a woman was shot in the US Capitol and died a little later, as the chief of police in the US capital, Robert Contee, said. In addition, three other deaths have been reported in the area of the Capitol, all from various medical emergencies.
A few hours after the storm on the Capitol, the chief of the police there, Steven Sund, had already announced his resignation. The Capitol Police were accused of not being adequately prepared for the onslaught of the violent mob. Four people were killed in some unexplained circumstances. House chairwoman Nancy Pelosi had called for Sund's resignation.
The head of the Capitol Police Department announced on Thursday that the violent attack was unlike anything he had experienced in his 30 years as a police officer in Washington. Given the situation, his police officers acted "heroically". Sund had announced an in-depth investigation into the incident and security plans.
Videos and photos showed how Trump supporters overran the Capitol Police, smashed doors and windows and posed for pictures in the boardroom and in parliamentary offices. Only after a few hours were they pushed out of the building by a large number of security forces. Some of the offices were left behind. There were more than 50 arrests, 30 of them for violating an evening curfew.
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