Intruders Breach Indian Parliament Security on Shootout Anniversary
- Two men set off smoke cans in the lawmakers’ chamber
- Security presence beefed up around parliament complex
The Parliament building in New Delhi, India.
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Two people breached the lawmakers’ area of India’s new parliament, setting off smoke cans and shouting slogans in a security breach on the anniversary of a deadly attack on the legislative complex more than two decades ago.
Two men jumped onto the house floor from the visitors’ gallery Wednesday and rushed toward the speaker’s chair in the lower house of parliament, known as the Lok Sabha, lawmakers said. Television footage showed the duo setting off cans of yellow smoke, while one of them jumped over the benches as parliament members surrounded him. Parliament was adjourned for about an hour.