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| White House bomb threat: man arrested after claiming to have device in car | White House bomb threat: man arrested after claiming to have device in car |
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| A man is reportedly in custody after he drove up to a White House check point claiming to have a bomb in his car. | A man is reportedly in custody after he drove up to a White House check point claiming to have a bomb in his car. |
| CNN said there was no confirmation of any device in the vehicle but that security at the White House had been upgraded. | CNN said there was no confirmation of any device in the vehicle but that security at the White House had been upgraded. |
| Surrounding roads were closed as police checked the vehicle for explosives. | Surrounding roads were closed as police checked the vehicle for explosives. |
| A statement from the Secret Service confirmed that a man had been detained at at White House check point at 11.05pm on Saturday evening and agents had “declared his vehicle suspicious”. | A statement from the Secret Service confirmed that a man had been detained at at White House check point at 11.05pm on Saturday evening and agents had “declared his vehicle suspicious”. |
| The service had “increased their posture of readiness”, the statement said. It did not mention any claims of an explosive device. | The service had “increased their posture of readiness”, the statement said. It did not mention any claims of an explosive device. |
| Images from the scene showed emergency vehicles swarming the area and a robot checking the boot of a black car. | Images from the scene showed emergency vehicles swarming the area and a robot checking the boot of a black car. |
| NEW: from the viewfinder of @abdallahcnn. A robot inspects the trunk of the suspect's car. Still parked outside the White House. pic.twitter.com/WJsr1gejYQ | NEW: from the viewfinder of @abdallahcnn. A robot inspects the trunk of the suspect's car. Still parked outside the White House. pic.twitter.com/WJsr1gejYQ |
| Here is the scene on 17th St. Firetrucks and hazardous materials units on standby near the White House. pic.twitter.com/XU8Fdo864B | Here is the scene on 17th St. Firetrucks and hazardous materials units on standby near the White House. pic.twitter.com/XU8Fdo864B |
| On the other sides of the White House--15th and F likely near where the driver attempted to get onto the White House grounds. pic.twitter.com/s1qb1KyHQe | On the other sides of the White House--15th and F likely near where the driver attempted to get onto the White House grounds. pic.twitter.com/s1qb1KyHQe |
| The CNN reporter on the scene said on Twitter that a member of the bomb squad was inspecting items in the car’s boot. | The CNN reporter on the scene said on Twitter that a member of the bomb squad was inspecting items in the car’s boot. |
| President Donald Trump was not at the White House at the time. He was spending the weekend at his Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago. | President Donald Trump was not at the White House at the time. He was spending the weekend at his Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago. |
| It is the third security incident at the White House in two weeks. On 10 March a man a scaled the White House fence and was on the property’s grounds for 16 minutes before being detained. The on Saturday a person jumped over a bike rack in a buffer zone in front of the White House but was not able to make it over the fence into the grounds. | |
| This is a developing news story, please check back for updates | This is a developing news story, please check back for updates |