Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. -

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A person was shot and wounded inside the Capitol where supporters of Donald Trump broke into this Wednesday, according to several American media.

The victim is a woman who was shot in the shoulder, according to an agent quoted by the

Washington Post.

She was evacuated on a stretcher.

According to CNN, she is in critical condition.

Members of the National Guard have been sent to Washington. 

Elected officials denounce a "coup"

Several elected officials of the United States Congress denounced this Wednesday an attempted "coup" led by supporters of Donald Trump, who managed to burst into the Capitol, these same elected officials warning that this action was doomed to 'failure.

“We are witnessing an attempted coup instigated by the White House criminal.

It is doomed to failure, ”tweeted Democratic Representative William Pascrell, referring to Donald Trump.

“This is not a demonstration.

It is an attempt at a coup d'etat ", for her part estimated the elected Diana DeGette, denouncing" the anarchy fomented by our own president ".

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