Fear returned this Wednesday for a few minutes to the Capitol in Washington, the great complex of buildings that houses the House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
The police ordered the evacuation of all the rooms due to the flight of an aircraft that, in their words, "involves a probable risk."
The message, with a disturbing title for wartime, “Intrusion of an aircraft”, arrived at the media around 5:30 p.m.
Before six o'clock, the agents reported that this risk had passed and that they were preparing the facilities for the return.
Congress has not yet detailed the origin and details of the alarm.
Messages from the Capitol police force warning of alarms for suspicious packages or incidents near the House buildings are common, but the invasion of January 6, 2021, when a mob of protesters violently broke in, marked a turning point. tipping point and every warning triggers all the alarms in the city.
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