Capitol police require further support from National Guard for securing the US capitol

Capitol police require further support from National Guard for securing the US capitol

Capitol police requests further support from National Guard

is based on the will of the police responsible for the US capitol, the national guard is to continue to secure the parliament building. If the application is approved, the reservists could be used in Washington for two months longer than planned. This reports several US media.

Washington. According to media reports, the police responsible for the US capital has applied for a long time to secure the parliamentary building. In the event of a promise, the soldiers would be in use until May - two months longer than planned - on Thursday, among other things, the "Washington Post" and the news station CNN reported on civil servants in the Ministry of Defense.

The original plan stipulates that the use of several thousand reservists ends next week. According to the National Guard, around 5,200 forces are currently in use. The Pentagon referred to the Capitol police on request, from which no confirmation of the reports was initially received.

supporters of the elected US President Donald Trump, who had now divorced from office, stormed the Capitol on January 6th during a meeting of the congress and caused chaos and devastation there. The Capitol police then came under criticism because the security forces of the parliament were not prepared for the attack and the intruders could not stop.

Five people were killed in attack

At least five people were killed in the riots, including a police officer. The then head of the Capitol police, Steven Sund, stepped down.

The National Guard had moved to the Capitol to strengthen the local security forces after the attack on the Capitol. There was a hazard for this Thursday: The Capitol Police had announced on Wednesday that intelligence information information was based on a possible plan of a militia for an attack on the Capitol. The situation had initially remained calm during the day.

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