By Mimy
picture: The Guardian
According to Washington DC police said, four people died in the unrest that rocked the capital on Wednesday. Three died in "medical emergencies" while a woman was shot dead by the US Capitol Police.
DC police said that the woman who was killed at the Capitol on Wednesday as the mob tried to break through a barricaded door where police were armed on the other side. She was hospitalized with a gunshot wound and later died.
The siege was among the worst security breaches in American history and came after Trump had earlier urged a crowd of protesters to march on the Capitol and undo his November election defeat.
The violence halted the tallying of the electoral college votes to affirm Joe Biden's victory, with Mike Pence, the vice-president, and members of Congress evacuated to undisclosed locations for their safety.
Thousands of rioters gathered on the Capitol steps wielding flags including "Make America great again", "Liberty or death: don't tread on me" and the pro-south confederacy.
DC police said pipe bombs had been recovered outside the offices of the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee. Police also found a cooler containing a long gun and Molotov cocktail in a vehicle on the Capitol grounds. Police made 52 arrests.
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