Shocking scenes in Washington, D.C.; Four dead PHOTO / VIDEO

Former U.S. President George W. Bush compared the scene at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday to that of a banana republic: "This is how election results are disputed in a banana republic - not our democratic republic."
The protesters tried to prevent Congress from confirming Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election, said the chief of police in Washington.
City police chief Robert Jay Contee said at a press conference that 47 of the 52 arrests made were related to the violation of curfew, which was introduced at 6 p.m. As he stated, 26 people were arrested on the ground of Capitol Hill, where the US Congress is located, Reuters reports.
The others were arrested on charges of carrying a firearm without a license or which is prohibited.
Chief Contee said during a press conference Wednesday that officers found two pipe bombs, one outside the Democratic National Committee and one outside the Republican National Committee. Federal law enforcement says both were real explosive devices and were rendered safe. Also, a refrigerator was found in the vehicle on the ground of the Capitol, which contained Molotov cocktails.
Contee did not want to identify the woman who was hit and killed by the police, but he said that three more people died due to "urgent health condition".
14 police officers were injured in the riots, two of whom were hospitalized.
It is unknown at this time whether there have been any additional arrests.
The US Congress continued the session at which the result of the presidential elections on November 3 should be confirmed, which was interrupted when hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building - the symbol of American democracy.

Shocking scenes in Washington...