In pics | History of parliament attacks
USA
Following Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 election, a crowd of his supporters attacked the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021.
The mob attempted to keep Trump in office by obstructing the joint session of Congress from officially certifying Joe Biden’s victory by calculating the electoral college votes.
New Zealand
Despite not attempting to enter the building, a man who used an axe to destroy the glass doors of the parliament attack in New Zealand was detained by police.
However, the New Zealand Parliament is rarely threatened, and the area around the building is not very secure. (Image courtesy:byroncclark/ Twitter)
Australia
During a demonstration for Aboriginal sovereignty, protesters briefly set alight Australia’s former parliament building in Canberra. The fire, which spread to the Old Parliament House’s front doors before being extinguished, did not result in any injuries. (Image courtesy: FassinoGroup/Twitter)
Sri Lanka
Hundreds of protesters stormed the presidential palace in Colombo, following months of popular outrage over the island’s chronic economic situation.
Libya
Demonstrators stormed the Libyan parliament in the eastern city of Tobruk and set portions of it on fire as a way of expressing their rage over the country’s deteriorating living conditions and months of political impasse.
Iraq
After storming Baghdad’s high-security Green Zone in protest over a rival bloc’s choice for prime minister, hundreds of followers of influential Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr danced and sanded in the parliament.
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