The incident took place on Sunday, August 14, a little after 4 a.m. local time (11 a.m. Minsk time).

The US Parliament sits in the Capitol building.

The congressmen and senators went on summer vacation in August, and the police report says that the suspect probably did not aim to attack one of them.

In addition, he probably did not aim at any of the policemen.

The police report did not say whether the suspect was able to break through the barricade.

His name and age have not been released.

• On April 2, 2021, 25-year-old Indiana resident Noah Green crashed his Nissan Altima into a fence near the Capitol building, hitting two police officers.

  He tried to attack them with a knife, but was shot.

  One police officer was killed.

• The investigation established that the suspect was a supporter of the Nationalist organization of black Americans "Nation of Islam" and suffered from mental problems.

  The organization distanced itself from the attack.