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| White House intruder: Secret Service arrest man after he tries to jump fence | White House intruder: Secret Service arrest man after he tries to jump fence |
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| The US Secret Service has arrested a man after he tried to jump the fence at the White House while Donald Trump is believed to be inside. | The US Secret Service has arrested a man after he tried to jump the fence at the White House while Donald Trump is believed to be inside. |
| The Secret Service tweeted at about 8am (1pm UK time) on Sunday that someone tried to jump a row of metal bike racks that are being used to create a second row of fencing outside the executive mansion. | The Secret Service tweeted at about 8am (1pm UK time) on Sunday that someone tried to jump a row of metal bike racks that are being used to create a second row of fencing outside the executive mansion. |
| Those racks were installed in response to a series of fence-jumping incidents in recent years, including a man who made it into the White House in 2014. | Those racks were installed in response to a series of fence-jumping incidents in recent years, including a man who made it into the White House in 2014. |
| Pedestrians were briefly barred from walking in front of the White House during Sunday's incident. | Pedestrians were briefly barred from walking in front of the White House during Sunday's incident. |
| Mr Trump was inside at the time of the incident but was unharmed. | Mr Trump was inside at the time of the incident but was unharmed. |
| The Secret Service announced it would be reducing public access to grounds of the White House after an intruder managed to walk around undetected for 17 minutes and rattled the door handle of the South Portico – known as the President's backdoor. | |
| Jonathan T Tran had been seen lurking around outside in the hours before and when he was arrested, the Secret Service found he had been carrying mace and a letter for the President. | |
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