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Police say the U.S. Capitol was locked down on Saturday after shots were fired nearby and a suspicious package was found. Police 'neutralized' the suspected shooter. Linda So reports.
Onlookers look at a bulletproof vehicle part of Burkina Faso's presidential motorcade, which was riddled with bullets overnight during shooting near President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré's residence. The president was arrested on Monday and detained by soldiers along with members of his cabinet, one day after troops staged a mutiny in the jihadist-wracked country. IMAGES
A video published by the Armenian Ministry of Defence allegedly shows an Azerbaijani military vehicle being destroyed by Armenian forces. Armenia reported deaths and the loss of military positions in border clashes with Azerbaijani troops, a year after the arch-foes fought a war over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. IMAGES
The vehicle that rammed into police officers near the US Capitol remains near the scene with its trunk open, while the National Guard and first responders arrive on site. One officer was killed and a second injured after the vehicle rammed through security and crashed into a barrier, forcing the US Capitol into lockdown less than three months after a mob assault on Congress. IMAGES
Washington DC, Jan 14 (EFE/EPA).- Nearly three-dozen Democratic Party lawmakers have signed a letter calling for a prompt investigation into a "suspicious" visit to the United States Capitol complex by a group of apparent supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump on Jan. 5, the day before the deadly storming of that legislative building by a pro-Trump mob.The letter to the acting chief of the US Capitol Police and the acting House of Representatives and Senate sergeants-at-arms said there were "unusually large groups of people throughout the Capitol who could only have gained access to the Capitol Complex from a Member of Congress or a member of their staff." (Camera: WILL OLIVER).SHOT LIST: US NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS GATHER AT THE US CAPITOL BUILDING WHILE WORKERS PREPARE AHEAD OF THE INAUGURATION AT THE US CAPITOL BUILDING IN WASHINGTON DC, US.