Suspect arrested in pipe bomb incident on eve of Jan 6, ending years-long manhunt

Key Highlights

• The pipe bombs were safely deactivated and did not explode. Law enforcement sources told the BBC's US partner CBS that the suspect is 30-year-old Brian Cole of Woodbridge, Virginia. Earlier this year, the FBI released CCTV footage of the alleged suspect.
• It appears to show an individual with a backpack, a light grey hooded sweater, placing something near a bench outside the Democratic National Committee building in Washington.
• The person is shown later walking to place the second bomb. Both were placed the night before the 6 January riot, and were only discovered as rioters began to storm the Capitol.
• At the time, US senators were meeting there to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, which Joe Biden had won, defeating Donald Trump.
• Trump, who was president at the time, addressed a large crowd of supporters at a rally near the White House, where he urged them to march "peacefully" to the Capitol, but also made unsubstantiated claims of massive voter fraud. The crowd numbered between 2,000 and 2,500 people, and included members of far-right groups such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers.