(Breaking News) Cops Evacuate Portion of U.S. Capitol (moved from ATSNN)

DC Police are evacuating the area around Capitol Hill.
A man is in front of the White house who claims to have explosives taped to himself. He is threating to blow himself up along with everyone else around him.
This is just breaking news that is airing on Foxnews at the moment.
The Link below is to their general site showing the Breaking news link (Not active). Will update story as soone as a direct link is available.
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At this time it is unknown if this is just a deranged person or a terrorist. Information is only now comming through. Will update as more info becomes available.

[edit on 11-4-2005 by kenshiro2012]

Here is a direct link that is now avaiable:
www.foxnews.com...

[edit on 11-4-2005 by kenshiro2012]

Here's Fox's link
www.foxnews.com...

Not much info there at the moment, but they will be updating the page as it becomes available.

Here is a link to the story on FoxNews:
Cops Evacuate Portion of U.S. Capitol

More info from ABC News.

abcnews.go.com
WASHINGTON Apr 11, 2005 — Police ordered an evacuation of the west side of the U.S. Capitol on Monday after a man dressed in black and carrying two black suitcases stationed himself on a plaza leading to an entrance.

Police, some armed with assault rifles, gathered at the top of the Capitol steps but did not try to get closer to the man, who faced the Capitol from a plaza below its west entrance.

Among the officials whose offices are on the west side of the Capitol looking out upon the National Mall are House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.

The cops have subdued the man and have him in custody. The two cases (Bags) that are thought to contain the explosives have not been touched.
Man was taken down after turning his back on the cops.

At this time it is unknown if this is just a deranged person or a terrorist.

I would have to say if he is just threatening to blow himself up he is just deranged. If it were a terrorist he would have blown himself up without notice. But its still a crummy situation any way you look at it.