REUTERSThere was no indication of whether any of the victims had been involved in the protests, on either side of the divideFour 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. Washington State Police said in a tweet late on Saturday 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 told AFP that four people had been stabbed and were now hospitalized "with serious injuries." Protesters offered no shortage of explanations for the poll results, even though they have been affirmed by state election officials -- several of them Republican -- and by judges in several key states. Every state has now certified the results, giving Biden 306 votes in the Electoral College to Trump's 232.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 13, 2020 02:58 UTC