Sarah Beckstrom, a National Guard member injured in Wednesday's attack in Washington, D.C., near the White House, has died, US President Donald Trump announced.

Another soldier from the National Guard, the largest reserve force in the US Army, was also wounded in the attack.

Immediately after the shooting, a 29-year-old Afghan man was arrested, who police said had been a member of an Afghan paramilitary force collaborating with the United States.

The reasons for the attack, defined as "terrorist" by the FBI and Trump himself, have not yet been clarified: the alleged perpetrator was also seriously injured.

(Unioneonline)

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