Current:Home > MyIndian police arrest 4 intruders for breaching security in the Parliament complex-LoTradeCoin
Indian police arrest 4 intruders for breaching security in the Parliament complex
View Date:2024-12-23 19:53:39
NEW DELHI (AP) — Police arrested two people who jumped from the visitors’ gallery into the lower house of India’s Parliament on Wednesday, the speaker said, in a major security breach on the anniversary of a deadly 2001 attack on the complex.
Two accomplices also were arrested outside the chamber, Parliament Speaker Om Birla said.
Security guards overpowered the intruders as one of them climbed over the tables of the lawmakers’ seating area, TV images showed. They carried small canisters that emitted yellow smoke, said Senthil Kumar, a lawmaker who was present in the chamber.
One of the arrested said she was a student protesting rising unemployment. “People’s voice is not being heard by the government. There can’t be a dictatorship in the country,” she told reporters as she was taken away by the police.
Lawmakers earlier in the day observed the anniversary of the 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament by armed assailants who killed six police officers, two security guards, and a gardener. All the five attackers were killed by security forces. India blamed the attack on a Pakistan-based group.
veryGood! (78232)
Related
- Michelle Obama Is Diving Back into the Dating World—But It’s Not What You Think
- Votes by El Salvador’s diaspora surge, likely boosting President Bukele in elections
- Kremlin foe Navalny, smiling and joking, appears in court via video link from an Arctic prison
- 'This is goodbye': YouTuber Brian Barczyk enters hospice for pancreatic cancer
- Alexandra Daddario Shares Candid Photo of Her Postpartum Body 6 Days After Giving Birth
- Selena Gomez and Timothée Chalamet deny rumors of their Golden Globes feud
- U.S. cut climate pollution in 2023, but not fast enough to limit global warming
- Product recall: Over 80,000 Homedics personal massagers recalled over burn and fire risk
- Inter Miami's MLS playoff failure sets stage for Messi's last act, Alexi Lalas says
- Kaitlyn Dever tapped to join Season 2 of 'The Last of Us'
Ranking
- Pistons' Ausar Thompson cleared to play after missing 8 months with blood clot
- In $25M settlement, North Carolina city `deeply remorseful’ for man’s wrongful conviction, prison
- SAG Awards 2024: The Nominations Are Finally Here
- Blizzard knocks out power and closes highways and ski resorts in Oregon and Washington
- Sister Wives’ Janelle Brown Alleges Ex Kody Made False Claims About Family’s Finances
- Spotify streams of Michigan fight song 'The Victors' spike with Wolverines' national championship
- Gov. Kristi Noem touts South Dakota’s workforce recruitment effort
- For consumers shopping for an EV, new rules mean fewer models qualify for a tax credit
Recommendation
-
Trump has promised to ‘save TikTok’. What happens next is less clear
-
Kim calls South Korea a principal enemy as his rhetoric sharpens in a US election year
-
China says foreign consultancy boss caught spying for U.K.'s MI6 intelligence agency
-
Sports gambling creeps forward again in Georgia, but prospects for success remain cloudy
-
NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Bobby Allison dies at 86
-
US defends its veto of call for Gaza ceasefire while Palestinians and others demand halt to fighting
-
For 2024, some simple lifestyle changes can improve your little piece of the planet
-
X Corp. has slashed 30% of trust and safety staff, an Australian online safety watchdog says