15 people indicted over the US Capitol violence: DOJ

The US Department of Justice formally announced that they have indicted a total of 15 people who were directly involved in the violence at the US Capitol.

The announcement came after a total of five people have been confirmed dead due to the violence, including a police officer who succumbed to the injuries sustained during the violence and a woman who was shot, reported AFP. 

One of the indicted people were accused of possessing explosives that were made to act like napalm. 

Others whose charges were unsealed include a man alleged to have entered the US Capitol with a loaded handgun, another who is accused of punching an officer, and a West Virginia state legislator who took part in storming the Congress, said Ken Cole, a federal prosecutor with the Washington US attorney’s office.

The Department of Justice added that it had also arrested several suspects who were a part of the violent riots including a man who had almost a dozen Molotov Cocktails which were enhanced with a styrofoam flame and an individual who invaded the chambers of Nancy Pelosi, the House Speaker. 

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US authorities have also increased security around the US Capitol by installing fences around the parameters of the building and regular patrolling of the area by the Capitol Police and National Guard, reported AFP.