A Secret Service officer asks members of the media to stay inside the press briefing room at the White House on Tuesday, during a lockdown for a suspicious package near the White House grounds. more-inTours were suspended at the White House on Tuesday and the Secret Service established a "security perimeter” after a man with a suspicious package approached a Secret Service officer near the presidential mansion, a spokeswoman said. The unidentified man was taken into custody and explosive disposal teams were on the scene, Secret Service spokeswoman Cathy Milhoan told reporters in the White House briefing room. He is now in Secret Service custody,” she said. All other activity in the White House continues as normal.”

Source: The Hindu March 28, 2017 15:56 UTC