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After all participants in the inaugural training outside the Capitol have been inside the building, the United States Secret Service says the closing of the Capitol Complex is temporary and does not threaten the public.
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File photo of the violence in the Capitol building
NBC News stated that employees of the Capitol (Congress building) received a letter asking them to stay inside due to an “external security threat.”
The US channel ABC also confirmed that “the western front and the large circular room inside the Congress building were evacuated due to an external threat.”
And the media reported that the closure of the Capitol in Washington was the result of a fire that broke out in a tent housing homeless people near the complex.
BREAKING: Smoke rising behind the Capitol building. The opening rehearsal seems to be evacuating. Emergency announcement on the Capitol grounds. pic.twitter.com/86J9S8CsMY
– Jackson Proskow (@JProskowGlobal) January 18, 2021
At the same time, Reuters quoted a witness who said that the US Congress compound had been closed and that entry or exit from it was prohibited due to an external threat to security.
The witness added that all participants in the training for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, who were outside the Capitol, entered the building.
And the United States police said in a statement that they “ordered the closure of the United States Capitol complex and prevented entry and exit due to an external security threat,” adding that “there are no shots at this time in the complex. or inside the Capitol. “
The US Secret Service also said on Twitter that “the Capitol complex has been temporarily closed and the public is not threatened.”
Public safety and law enforcement responded to a small fire in the area of 1st and F SE streets, Washington, DC that was extinguished. As a precaution, the US Capitol complex was temporarily closed. There is no threat to the public. pic.twitter.com/kQfAI4NxNK
– US Secret Service (@SecretService) January 18, 2021
It is noteworthy that most of the capitals of the United States of America live in a state of high security alert, with the near end of Trump’s mandate, due to fears of demonstrations that coincide with the date of the inauguration of Biden on Wednesday.
Security barriers have been erected around public buildings and military forces have been deployed, with the aim of preventing the outbreak of violence, similar to the one witnessed in the Capitol building on January 6.
Thousands of armed members of the National Guard are deployed to the Capitol and in the streets of Washington, in an unprecedented show of force in the American capital, as several bridges leading to the city are scheduled to close, as well as dozens of roads. It was also decided to avoid visits to various famous places around the country until next week.
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