WASHINGTON: Four people were stabbed and one shot as rallies backing President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud led to clashes in major US cities on Saturday.
Scuffles broke out in many places between rally-goers and counter-protesters who turned up to criticise the president, who lost the Nov 3 election to Democrat Joe Biden but is yet to concede.
Washington State Police said in a tweet that a shooting had taken place after clashes near the capitol building in Olympia, and that a suspect had been detained.
In the US capital, DC Fire and EMS Department communications chief Doug Buchanan said that four people had been stabbed and were now hospitalised “with serious injuries.” The New York Times reported that 23 had been arrested throughout the day.
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