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Six months after the US Capitol fence was attacked by Reuters on January 6
By the hand of Richard Cowan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Workers began removing the last high-security fence around the U.S. Capitol on Friday, more than six months after supporters of former President Donald Trump carried out a deadly attack on the home of the U.S. Congress.
At one point an eight-meter-high (2.4 m) black mesh fence surrounded several blocks of Capitol Hill, obstructing pedestrian and vehicle traffic. The remaining sections, which are just a set of white Capitol complexes, will take about three days to remove, according to the U.S. House of Representatives William Walker.