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Tuesday, March 28, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Man detained at White House for ‘suspicious comments,’ package
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe US Secret Service detained a male suspect carrying a package and making “suspicious comments” near the White House Tuesday, according to an official who says he was taken into custody and explosives experts were deployed.
A Secret Service official said the man had approached uniformed officers near 15th and Pennsylvania at around 10:15 am, a block from the White House.
The man was separated from the package and detained in a police vehicle, a security perimeter was established and “the package is now in Secret Service custody,” the official said, asking not to be named.
— AFP
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