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Four dead, 52 arrests made after Trump supporters storm US Capitol

Four people died on the US Capitol grounds on Wednesday and 52 people have been arrested, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee said Wednesday evening.

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FILE PHOTO: Tear gas is released into a crowd of protesters during clashes with Capitol police at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, Ja
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Four people died on the US Capitol grounds Wednesday and 52 people have been arrested, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee said Wednesday evening, after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in an unprecedented effort to stop Congress from certifying President-elect Joe Biden's election victory.

In a late-night news conference, Contee said that 47 of the 52 arrests to date were related to violations of Mayor Muriel Bowser's 6 p.m. curfew, with 26 of those involving people arrested on U.S. Capitol grounds.

Several others were arrested on charges related to carrying unlicensed or prohibited firearms.

06 January 2021, US, Washington: Supporters of US President Donald Trump storm the US Capitol building where lawmakers were due to certify president-elect Joe Biden's win in the November election. Photo: Douglas Christian/ZUMA Wire/dpa
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06 January 2021, US, Washington: Supporters of US President Donald Trump storm the US Capitol building where lawmakers were due to certify president-elect Joe Biden's win in the November election. Photo: Douglas Christian/ZUMA Wire/dpaDPA vía Europa Press

In addition, Contee said, two pipe bombs were recovered from the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national committees, as well as a cooler from a vehicle on U.S. Capitol grounds that contained Molotov cocktails.

Contee declined to identify the woman a Capitol Police officer shot and killed, saying next of kin notification was still pending.

Three other people died on Wednesday because of medical emergencies, he added.

Follow the latest news and updates following Wednesday's pro-Trump invasion at Capitol