Washington: US President Donald Trump’s supporters attacked on the US Capitol on Wednesday, in a stunning attempt to overturn America’s presidential election, and keep Democrat Joe Biden from replacing Trump in the White House.

In Trump’s supporters attack on US Capitol, on woman shot dead in the firing and many injured.  The National Guard and State and Federal police were called in for control, and the mayor of Washington imposed a rare evening curfew. The protesters were egged on by Trump and his false attacks on the integrity of the November Presidential election.

While rallying his supporters outside the White House Wednesday morning, he urged them to march to the Capitol. But later hours after they fought police and breached the building he told them that although they were “very special people” and he backed their cause; they should “go home in peace.”

“I call on President Trump to go on national television now to fulfill his oath and defend the Constitution and demand an end to this siege”, said President elect Biden, two weeks away from being inaugurated, had declared in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden said that democracy was ‘under unprecedented assault,” a sentiment echoed by many in Congress, including some Republicans. The chaotic protests halted Congress’ constitutionally mandated counting of the Electoral College results, in which Biden defeated Trump, 306-232.

Wednesday’s ordinarily mundane procedure of Congress certifying a new President was always going to be extraordinary, with Republican supporters of Trump vowing to protest election results that have been certified by the states. But even the unusual deliberations, which included Vice President Mike Pence and Senate Majority Leader McConnell defying Trump’s demands, were quickly overtaken by the chaos.

In a raucous, out-of-control scene, protesters fought past police and breached the building, shouting and waving Trump and American flags as they marched through the halls. One person was reported shot at the Capitol, according to a person familiar with the situation. That person’s condition was unknown. At least one explosive device was found that was detonated.

The protesters abruptly interrupted the congressional proceedings in an eerie scene that featured official warnings directing people to duck under their seats for cover and put on gas masks after tear gas was used in the Capitol Rotunda. Senators were being evacuated. Some House lawmakers tweeted they were sheltering in place in their offices. The Pentagon said about 1,100 District of Columbia National Guard members was being mobilized to help support law enforcement at the Capitol.