Photos: Aftermath of US Capitol breach
Scenes from the Capitol the day after hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the building seeking to overturn the election result.
Scenes from the Capitol the day after hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the building seeking to overturn the election result. A Capitol police officer died from injuries sustained in the assault. A woman protester was fatally shot by the authorities, and three people died from medical emergencies.
Published on Jan 09, 2021 06:05 PM IST 11 Photos
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Workers install heavy-duty security fencing around the US Capitol a day after supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump stormed the premises in Washington, DC. on January 7.(Erin Scott / REUTERS)
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Scraps of a demonstrator's poster lays below a Congressional members and staff entrance sign at the Senate Carriage Entrance on January 7. The rampage that left five people dead and a country on edge as Donald Trump's presidency comes to an end.(Erin Scott / REUTERS)
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Workers clean damage near an overrun Capitol Police checkpoint a day after a pro-Trump mob broke into the US Capitol on January 7.(Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
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A blood-smeared bust of President Zachary Taylor covered with a plastic bag at the US Capitol on January 7. Joe Biden was formally ratified by the Congress as the next US president hours after the breach, ending two months of failed challenges by his predecessor, Donald Trump,(Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg)
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