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- Two men have been arrested in front of a Pennsylvania polling station.
- The state is key to Donald Trump’s re-election hopes.
- Facebook closed the “Stop the Steal” groups.
US police detained two men outside a Philadelphia polling station in Pennsylvania, a state that has yet to declare the winner in the presidential election, local media reported Friday.
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Ballot counting continues in four crucial states days after Tuesday’s vote, and Democrat Joe Biden is still confident of capturing the presidency from Donald Trump.
Trump, who is far ahead in Pennsylvania, has made unsubstantiated claims about vote rigging in these key states.
Shortly after 10:00 p.m. (03:00 GMT), two men were detained outside the Philadelphia Convention Center, where votes are being counted, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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The local newspaper said the men were detained after a tip, first reported by 6ABC Action News late Thursday, that an armed group was heading downtown.
No injuries have been reported.
America’s hugely contentious election has been narrowed down to four states – Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia and Nevada – deciding the winner.
Since Election Day, the president has sent tweets calling for the counting of votes to be stopped and has claimed without evidence that there has been electoral fraud.
But his tweets have been masked with ads telling people the claims are misleading.
On Thursday, Facebook shut down the pro-Trump group “Stop the Steal” that was organizing protests against the vote counting.
Philadelphia police did not immediately respond to AFP’s request for comment.
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