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The police in the capital of the United States used firearms to protect the congressmen and the AP had already reported the death of a woman, shot inside the Capitol. The same force now said that three more people died in the hospital.
Police also reported that both security forces and Trump supporters used chemicals during the hours of occupation of the Capitol building.
The woman was shot early Wednesday morning when crowds tried to break through a barricaded door on Capitol Hill, where police were armed on the other side. The woman was hospitalized with a gunshot wound and later died.
Four hours after the incidents began, authorities declared the Capitol building safe.
Supporters of outgoing US President Donald Trump clashed with officials and stormed the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday as members of Congress gathered to formalize President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the November election.
The voting ratification session for the US presidential election was interrupted due to unrest caused by pro-Trump protesters on Capitol Hill, and Washington officials decreed a curfew between 6 p.m. and 06:00 local time (between 23:00). 00 and 11:00 in Lisbon).
The debate in the Senate resumed at 8:00 p.m. (1:00 a.m. today in Lisbon).
Reactions to the attack on the Capitol were almost immediate. The leader of the House of Representatives, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, argued that the congressional certification of Joe Biden’s electoral victory would show the world the true face of the country.
The former president of the United States, Barack Obama, considered the episodes of violence as “a shame”, but not “a surprise”, given the attitude of Donald Trump and the Republicans.
Former US President Bill Clinton also denounced an “unprecedented attack” against the country’s institutions “fueled by more than four years of poisoned politics.”
US President-elect Joe Biden called the violent protests on Capitol Hill “an unprecedented attack on democracy” in the country and urged Donald Trump to end the violence.
Shortly after, Trump asked his supporters and protesters who invaded the Capitol to go “home in peace,” but repeating the message that the presidential election was fraudulent.
The Portuguese government condemned the incidents, as did the European Commission, the NATO secretary general and the governments of several other countries.
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