Moment intruder jumps from the visitor's gallery in Indian parliament

Adolf Goebbels
Published on Dec 13, 2023
Two unidentified men entered the MP chambers in India’s lower house of parliament and are reported to have thrown smoke bombs in a major security lapse.

The apparent security breach comes on the 22nd anniversary of a deadly 2001 terrorist attack on parliament that killed a dozen people, including security officers and five gunmen.

Two men jumped into the well where lawmakers were sitting during the zero hour from the visitors’ gallery and opened smoke canisters, filling the space with yellow smoke.

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