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| DC police close Capitol complex & nearby streets over bomb threat (WATCH LIVE) | |
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| Police in Washington, DC have closed roads around the US Capitol and the Department of Health, following reports of a bomb threat in the area on Wednesday. | Police in Washington, DC have closed roads around the US Capitol and the Department of Health, following reports of a bomb threat in the area on Wednesday. |
| Six roads, including Washington Avenue and Third Street, were closed as Capitol Police investigated a bomb threat at the US Department of Health and Human Services on Independence Avenue – which was also closed by police. | Six roads, including Washington Avenue and Third Street, were closed as Capitol Police investigated a bomb threat at the US Department of Health and Human Services on Independence Avenue – which was also closed by police. |
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| Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Sarah Lovenheim said, “Out of an abundance of caution, we evacuated the building and there is no reported incident.” | |
| Capitol Police assisted in a separate search on Sunday after a threat was made towards officers. The man behind the threat claimed to have weapons and explosives, and said he was near the US Capitol. | |
| In August, another man, who parked outside the Library of Congress, claimed his vehicle was wired up to explosives. | |
| Capitol Police have also investigated several incidents involving elected officials this month. Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar claimed on Tuesday that her office had received a package containing “a suspicious substance and a threat reading ‘The Patriarchy will rise again,’” while Republican Representative Matt Gaetz said last week that a man had traveled across the country to Washington, DC “with the explicit goal of killing me.” | |
| The Department of Justice is still investigating an incident in which pipe bombs were allegedly left near the US Capitol on the day before the January 6 Capitol riots. | |
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