A 19-year-old man, who was charged on Tuesday with “threatening” the President of the United States, Joe Biden, was carrying a Nazi flag when a truck rammed into a barrier at the White House Monday night, This has been indicated by police sources.

Sai Varshith Kandula, a resident of the state of Missouri (central United States), was arrested shortly before 10 p.m. local time (Tuesday 02:00 GMT) as he drove the rented truck through the streets of Washington DC, the National Parks Police reported, the is a statement.

“The initial elements of the investigation indicate that he deliberately drove into the fences of Lafayette Park,” Sergeant Thomas Twiname, a spokesman for the body, told the White House.

The Secret Service, which is primarily charged with the security of the President of the United States, had previously reported that it had arrested the driver of a rental truck involved in the incident Monday night in Washington.

“None of the Secret Service or White House members were injured and the cause and manner of the incident are under investigation,” the agency said in a statement.

Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi had indicated on the Twitter network that “the preliminary investigation indicates that the driver may have deliberately hit the security barriers of Lafayette Square.”

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The young man is now the subject of formal proceedings charged with “assault”, “dangerous driving”, “threat of murder/kidnapping or wounding of the president, vice president or any member of their family” and “destruction and intrusion into federal property”. .

A Linkedin social networking page associated with his name shows that he was looking for a job in data analytics, a graduate of Marquette High School with degrees in applied physics and engineering from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He claims to have no professional experience.

According to local network WUSA9, a CBS affiliate, a search of the vehicle, owned by the U-Haul rental company, found what appeared to be a huge Nazi flag, but no explosives or weapons were found in the vehicle.

The accident occurred in the northern part of Lafayette Square, a few hundred yards from the White House, in an area with several luxury hotels that were evacuated after the incident.