Olympia [Washington], November 28: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday said that 500 additional National Guard troops would be sent to Washington following the shooting of two members of the force near the White House.
Hegseth said during a visit to the Dominican Republic that US President Donald Trump asked him "to add 500 additional troops, National Guardsmen, to Washington DC." Two members of the National Guard were shot at about 2:15 pm (1915 GMT) near the Farragut West metro station, not far from the White House, authorities said in a press conference.
More than 2,000 National Guard troops have been deployed in Washington for months. Trump ordered them to the US capital in August, citing allegedly rampant crime as the reason for their mobilization. Crime statistics do not support this claim.
Source: Qatar Tribune