Washington: A suspect was in custody and a suspicious package cleared on Friday after an area of the White House was closed to the public, authorities said.
Uniformed US Secret Service officers had responded to "suspicious activity," and Lafayette Park and a fence line on the north side of the White House remained closed off, the agency said on Twitter.
Metropolitan Police spokeswoman Margarita Mikhayloza said by phone a suspicious package had been cleared.
(Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Uniformed US Secret Service officers had responded to "suspicious activity," and Lafayette Park and a fence line on the north side of the White House remained closed off, the agency said on Twitter.
Metropolitan Police spokeswoman Margarita Mikhayloza said by phone a suspicious package had been cleared.
(Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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