WASHINGTON – Police from the United States Capitol evacuated the area around Capitol Hill following a bomb scare after the discovery of a possible explosive device in a pickup truck outside the Library of Congress. This was reported by police sources cited by the US media, according to which investigators are on the spot and are working to determine if it is actually an explosive. The news comes months after a parcel bomb was delivered to the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee in Washington, one day of the assault on the Capitol on January 6 at the hands of thousands of supporters of former President Donald Trump. .
The man presented himself in front of the Library of Congress claiming that he had a bomb in the vehicle. The head of the US Capitol Police, Tom Manger, told reporters, explaining that the man showed the intervening FBI negotiators what appears to be a detonator.
The agents: “We don’t know the motive”
FBI agents specializing in this type of crisis are trying to start negotiations with the man who has been standing in front of Congress since this morning driving a pickup truck that he claims is full of explosives. This was stated by the head of the US Capitol Police, Tom Manger, saying that “a peaceful solution” is being sought. “We don’t know at the moment what his motive is,” he added.
Suspect known to the police
He is a “person known to the police”, the man who is inside the black van parked in front of the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill. This was reported by the television channel ‘Fox 5’ of Washington Dc. Suspect told officers he had an explosive. The cops noticed what appears to be a device inside the vehicle. Negotiations are still underway to arrive at a peaceful solution.
Images on Fb
The man also posted live images on Facebook showing a container that he said would have an explosive device inside. In half an hour of images, the police explained, he would have spoken of a “revolution”.
The video on Twitter
“The revolution has started. It is here … I am ready to die for the cause”. The short video of the man locked in a black van outside the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill was released on the Huffington Post’s US Twitter account. “The south is here – he continues – there are five of us scattered throughout your little DC (Washington, ed)”.
Messaggi per “Make America Great Again”
The man who has been keeping US police in check for hours by threatening to blow up his van in the Capitol Hill area in Washington may be a Donald Trump fanatic. This is what emerges from a tweet from Rita Katz, the head of Site, the site that monitors the social activity of terrorists. In the tweet it is said that Site has seen several videos in which the man expresses “extremist feelings” related to the doctrine of ‘MAGA’, that Make America Great Again mantra of the former American president. “It’s almost time … Biden you’re fired … It’s not an option … run away from our country …”, would read one of the man’s posts.
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