Capitol: A man kills a policeman after hitting two officers with his car at the entrance | USA

Attack in the United States. A police officer has died and another has been seriously injured after an individual hit them with his car at the entrance to the Capitol. After the accident, he got out of the car and attacked the officers with a knife until he was killed by the police. Shortly thereafter, the attacker’s death was confirmed. The United States Capitol has been shut down by an external security threat and people inside have been asked to stay away from windows after a car struck two police officers. Police guarding the building. According to NBC, there have been shots near the building and a vehicle has thrown itself against the barricade that separates it from the street and in which two policemen were. Shortly after, the attacker exited the vehicle. carrying a knife, at which point he was shot by the Capitol Police. Both the two injured officers and the attacker were taken to the hospital, so far their condition is unknown. According to the Capitol Police Chief, “the attacker is in custody.” Buildings near the Capitol in Washington have also been closed as a precaution, and the FBI is assisting the Capitol Police itself. The political representatives were not in the building at the time of the events. The spring break has meant that many politicians are not in Washington these days. Extensive security has been deployed in the vicinity of the Capitol, whose surrounding streets have been closed to traffic. “There is a feeling that now going to work is something that has become dangerous.It is very sad “, lamented the Democratic representative for California Rohit Khanna, who shortly before the event had left the Capitol offices, of the few people present. The journalist Leigh Ann Caldwell was inside the Capitol complex when it was closed and thus relates his situation from the inside. I am on lockdown inside the Capitol complex. Lots of first responders called and a helicopter just landed on the East front pic.twitter.com/7hKjPeX3Ah – Leigh Ann Caldwell (@LACaldwellDC) April 2, 2021 This attack has come just over a week after precisely the fences with Spikes that were deployed around the Capitol to prevent new attacks after the incidents that were unleashed during the first days of January by Trump supporters when the electoral victory of Joe Biden was certified.