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Trump supporters storm the barricades on the west side of the Parliament building (Capitol) and march towards the building.

2.

Supporters climb the walls of the parliament building on the northwest side.

3.

Rioters climb scaffolding to enter the second floor and break the windows.

4.

Insurgents get past the barricades and break into the building through the door on the east side.

Early in the afternoon US time, Trump supporters gathered along a police barricade outside the west side of the parliament building.

Around 20:00 Swedish time, the supporters stormed the barricades and then forced their way up the

.

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Here, protesters storm the barriers

About half an hour later, supporters smashed a second-floor window and insurgents flooded into the building.

The image shows the Capitol in cross-section.

The demonstrators entered several of the halls of the house.

Photo: SVT, graphics: Alf Jonsson

A crowd also broke through the main doors of the building where

is located and some then moved to the adjacent

.

Dozens of Trump supporters moved freely in the rotunda and some vandalized statues in the venue.

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Protesters storm the US Congress

The police then barricaded the main doors to

.

They drew their weapons to protect the members of the plenary chamber as the crowd gathered outside the door.

At approximately 20:40 Swedish time, members of the House of Representatives were given gas masks and evacuated from the plenary hall through the lower floors of the parliament building.

Shortly afterwards, insurgents broke into the plenary hall.

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Here, the congress is evacuated when the protesters get inside

Shortly thereafter, supporters also roamed freely in

and also entered the gallery upstairs.

Later in the afternoon, rioters broke into the

used by Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives.

A photo of a man sitting with his feet on Pelosi's desk circulated shortly thereafter.

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Watch as the protesters wander around the Capitol

The rioters were in and around the parliament building for several hours until they were taken away by the police.

The National Guard in the states of the District of Columbia and Virginia were called to the scene to prevent Trump supporters from re-entering the building.

Many police officers patrolled the area until well into the night.

The state's mayor Muriel Bowser issued a curfew on the same day from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. the following day local time.

The state of exception was valid for the next two weeks.

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Curfew in Washington after the chaos