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| Suspicious package at Israeli consulate in Manhattan triggers lockdown, bomb squad response | Suspicious package at Israeli consulate in Manhattan triggers lockdown, bomb squad response |
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| A suspicious package discovered near the Israeli consulate on Second Avenue in Manhattan triggered a heavy police response and the lockdown of the area. The bomb squad deployed to the scene gave an all clear after investigating the box. | A suspicious package discovered near the Israeli consulate on Second Avenue in Manhattan triggered a heavy police response and the lockdown of the area. The bomb squad deployed to the scene gave an all clear after investigating the box. |
| READ MORE: ‘I have a bomb & I want to die’: Hoax NYC bomber arrested after 6-hour standoff | READ MORE: ‘I have a bomb & I want to die’: Hoax NYC bomber arrested after 6-hour standoff |
| Officers at the scene examined a suspicious package left in front of the Israeli consulate at East 42nd Street and Second Avenue, and gave an all-clear, according to the NYC Scanner Twitter account. | Officers at the scene examined a suspicious package left in front of the Israeli consulate at East 42nd Street and Second Avenue, and gave an all-clear, according to the NYC Scanner Twitter account. |
| According to the police scanner, a Level One mobilization was called in and a bomb squad presence requested at around 5:30pm EST. After deploying the Bomb Squad and the Emergency Service Unit, police established a safety perimeter, clearing traffic on Second Ave. | According to the police scanner, a Level One mobilization was called in and a bomb squad presence requested at around 5:30pm EST. After deploying the Bomb Squad and the Emergency Service Unit, police established a safety perimeter, clearing traffic on Second Ave. |
| Streets around the Israeli Consulate building were evacuated as a matter of precaution, reports and photos on social media showed. | Streets around the Israeli Consulate building were evacuated as a matter of precaution, reports and photos on social media showed. |
| The package in question, a cardboard box, was placed at the delivery port of the consulate at around 6:00pm by a man who walked off the scene, camera footage showed, New York Daily News reported. | The package in question, a cardboard box, was placed at the delivery port of the consulate at around 6:00pm by a man who walked off the scene, camera footage showed, New York Daily News reported. |
| Earlier in the day, after a six-hour long standoff at Columbus Circle, NYPD managed to take a man who claimed to be in possession of a bomb into custody. | |
| The 52-year-old, identified as Hector Meneses, tossed a hoax explosive through the open window of a police van in Times Square, before driving off and barricading himself inside an SUV claiming he wanted to blow himself up. | |
| After hours of negotiations the suspect was taken into custody and taken to a hospital for evaluation. |