Incitement, rebellion, invasion and mobilization ... World newspapers document the night of the congressional storming ... Pictures
With almost identical headlines, most of the United States and the world's newspapers came out with front-page scenes of supporters of US President Donald Trump storming the Congress building on Wednesday, in conjunction with the ratification session on the result of the electoral college vote.
Without prior agreement, the newspaper editorials and their front pages unanimously condemned Trump for inciting his supporters to storm Congress, describing them as "mobs, thugs and thugs" and highlighting scenes of their rush to the outside stairs of the Congress building and their wandering within its roads and halls and the attempt of security men to confront them and remove them from the building.
And Washington Mayor Murrell Brozier announced a 15-day extension of the state of emergency in the wake of the riots that led to supporters of President Donald Trump storming the Congress building.
According to CNN, the extension of the state of emergency for 15 days means that it will continue after the day of the inauguration of US President-elect Joe Biden on January 20.
Congress approved the results of a number of American states ’voting in the Electoral College, which guaranteed President-elect Joe Biden more than 270 electoral votes, which is the minimum number of votes required to win the presidency of the United States.
Outgoing US President Donald Trump announced that there will be an orderly transfer of power on January 20, the date set for the inauguration of the new US president.
"The decision to declare Biden winning marks the end of the greatest first term in the history of the presidency, and handing over power to Biden the beginning of our struggle to make America great again," Trump added.
The majority of members of Congress had rejected the objection of Republican members of the election results in Pennsylvania, Nevada, Michigan and Arizona.
Washington DC Police Chief Robert J. Conti said that 4 people, including a woman, died during the protests in front of the US Congress building last night.
Conte added, according to the American (Al-Hurra) channel, today, Thursday, that 52 people were arrested, after supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building in an unprecedented attempt to prevent Congress from certifying President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the elections.
The acting chief of Washington Police confirmed that the woman who died in the capital was shot by a police officer in charge of protecting Congress, adding that investigations are underway to uncover the circumstances of the accident.
For his part, the leader of the Democrats in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, considered that Trump bears full responsibility for the acts of violence that took place today, noting that the events in Washington today would not have happened had it not been for Trump.
Earlier, crowds of President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the police barriers around the Congress building. Supporters of the American president went up to the main yard of the building, raised pro-Trump flags, and chanted slogans rejecting the results of the US presidential election that resulted in the victory of his Democratic rival, Joe Biden.
The US authorities have summoned National Guard units in Washington, DC and other states to intervene and assist the police and other security agencies in controlling protests in and around Congress.
