Philadelphia police said Friday they are investigating an alleged plot to attack the city’s Pennsylvania Convention Center, where votes are being counted in a highly contested presidential election.
Local police received a tip about a Hummer with gunmen arriving from Virginia with plans to attack the convention center, a police representative said.
Police arrested at least one man and seized a gun and the Hummer about which they had received a tip. No injuries were reported and no further details about the alleged plot were released.
Earlier Thursday, supporters of both US President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden held rallies in Philadelphia as election staff slowly counted thousands of mail-in ballots that could decide the crucial 20 Electoral College votes. from Pennsylvania.
Trump activists waved flags and carried signs that read, “Voting stops on Election Day” and “Sorry, polls are closed” as Biden supporters danced to music behind one barricade at the other. side of the street at the beginning of the day.
A state appeals court ruled Thursday that more Republican observers could enter the building in Philadelphia where poll workers were counting the ballots.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) said about 1,700 ballots in Pennsylvania had been identified at processing facilities during two raids late Thursday and were in the process of being handed over to election officials.
Trump has repeatedly said without evidence that mail-in ballots are prone to fraud, although election experts say that is rare in American elections.
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