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US: Car Rams into Capitol Security Leaving Police Officer Dead

An attack at the US Capitol complex in Washington DC has left one police officer dead and another in hospital with injuries.

A car crashed into a security barrier before the driver lunged towards the officers with a knife, police said.

The officers opened fire and the suspect was shot dead.

Police uncover 'possible plot' by militia to breach Capitol

Capitol Police say they have uncovered intelligence of a "possible plot" by a militia group to breach the U.S. Capitol on March 4, nearly two months after a mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the iconic building to try to stop Congress from certifying now-President Joe Biden's victory.

US Security Officials Shift Responsibility, Blame for 6 January Capitol Siege

Missed intelligence was to blame for the outmanned Capitol defenders' failure to anticipate the violent mob that invaded the iconic building and halted certification of the presidential election on Jan. 6, the officials who were in charge of security that day said in their first public testimony on the insurrection.

In chilling video, Democrats focus Trump trial on mob's threat to his fellow Republicans

House Democrats prosecuting Donald Trump's impeachment trial for inciting the deadly siege of the Capitol played chilling security video on Feb. 10 showing members of the pro-Trump mob searching the building for his vice president, chanting: "Hang Mike Pence!"

The FBI has arrested three more people charged in U.S. Capitol riots

Federal authorities arrested a retired firefighter and a fashion student, both from New York, and a man from Iowa on Monday in the storming of the U.S. Capitol, according to the FBI and court documents.
Nicolas Moncada, a 20-year-old student at the Fashion Institute of Technology, was arrested at his home on Staten Island yesterday morning, the FBI announced.

President Erdoğan urges self-criticism for Western world

The Western world should self-criticize over democracy, rights and freedoms, the Turkish leader said on Jan. 9 in the wake of the recent Capitol riots in the U.S.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that those who cannot stand even the implication of terrorism had tried to prevent Turkey from fighting against terrorists.

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