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Nation of Islam. The 1977 Hanafi Siege was a terrorist attack, hostage-taking, and standoff in Washington, D.C., lasting from March 9 to March 11, 1977. Three buildings (the District Building, B'nai B'rith headquarters, and Islamic Center of Washington) were seized by twelve Hanafi Movement gunmen, who took 149 hostages. [1]
The shooting was cited as one reason for the development of the Capitol Visitor Center. The legislation authorizing the construction of the facility was introduced by Washington, D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and was entitled the Jacob Joseph Chestnut–John Michael Gibson United States Capitol Visitor Center Act of 1998.
The United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., became the meeting place of the United States Congress when the building was initially completed in 1800. Since that time, there have been many violent and dangerous incidents, including shootings, fistfights, bombings, poisonings and a major riot. The first significant incident was an act of war.
DC shooting leaves 1 dead, 2 wounded in the southeast. Fox local. Maureen Umeh. May 15, 2024 at 5:56 AM. WASHINGTON - A man was killed, and two people were wounded in an early Wednesday morning ...
A man was killed and five others, including two children, sustained injuries in a shooting on Wednesday evening in Washington DC.. The suspects got out of a vehicle and began shooting into a crowd ...
The multi-hour standoff began when police arrived at a southeast Washington, DC home around 7.30 am local time to serve a warrant for animal cruelty. It was at that time the shooting began. It was ...
National Guard units from several states were called up to deal with the violence, while the riots resulted in five deaths (one rioter was shot by police, three rioters died of "medical emergencies," and one police officer later suffered a stroke and died), over 80 arrests, and nearly 140 injured officers. One Capitol Police officer also died ...
Sam Kosmas. May 23, 2024 at 3:57 AM. WASHINGTON - Authorities say a man is dead after a shooting in southeast Washington. The shooting happened on Wednesday night around 10:50 p.m. in the 4800 ...