Secret Service nabs attempted White House fence jumper
Monday - November 20, 2017 8:00 am ,
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Secret Service nabs attempted White House fence jumper
Washington Nov 20 (IANS) The US Secret Service nabbed an individual who had attempted to jump a security barrier on the north side of the White House a media report said.
The agency said in a tweet that someone tried to jump the bike rack barrier along the Pennsylvania Avenue about 8 a.m. on Sunday Xinhua news agency reported.
US President Donald Trump was reportedly inside the White House at that time.
The area was briefly closed to pedestrian traffic but reopened later.
The fence-jumper s identity or motive is not known yet.
The racks were put in place following a series of fence jumping incidents outside the White House in recent years.
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