The perpetrator shot at members of the National Guard in the center of the US capital on Wednesday. A 20-year-old woman died shortly after the attack and a man was seriously injured. The suspected attacker, 29-year-old Afghan Rahmanullah L., was arrested. His motive is still unclear. He should be charged with murder. US Attorney General Pam Bondi says she wants to demand the death penalty for him.
According to US President Donald Trump, the temporary halt to all asylum procedures imposed by the US government after the gun attack on two National Guard soldiers in Washington will remain in place for “a long time”. There is “no time limit” for the suspension, Trump told journalists on Sunday on board the presidential plane Air Force One. “We don’t want these people,” he added.
On Wednesday, two National Guardsmen were seriously injured by gunfire in the center of the US capital, and a 20-year-old National Guardsman later died of her injuries. The suspected attacker, a 29-year-old Afghan, was arrested and charged with murder. His motive is still unclear.
On Friday, the US government initially suspended all asylum procedures. The Immigration Service (USCIS) has “suspended all asylum decisions until we can ensure that every alien is screened and controlled as thoroughly as possible,” said agency director Joseph Edlow. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also said that the US had temporarily stopped issuing visas to all people with an Afghan passport.
Amid the feared escalation between the US and Venezuela, Washington has given Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro a chance to leave his country, according to a US senator. “By the way, we gave Maduro the opportunity to leave,” Republican US Senator Markwayne Mullin told US broadcaster CNN on Sunday. “We said he could go to Russia or another country,” he added.
On Saturday, the tensions between Washington and Caracas that had been going on for weeks reached their peak when US President Donald Trump declared the airspace over the South American country “closed”. Before that, the USA had already sent several warships and the world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean – according to its own statements, to combat drug trafficking.
