FILE PHOTO: Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump protest in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S. January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith/File Photo
(Reuters) -The storming of the halls of Congress by a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters is the latest episode of violence to darken the U.S. Capitol in a history dating back to a British arson attack in Washington during the War of 1812.
With five lives lost on the Capitol grounds, including a woman shot by police and an officer injured in the melee, Wednesday's turmoil appeared to rank as the deadliest violence to unfold in and around the citadel of American democracy in 200 years.
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