Police give all clear after Saudi, Qatar missions to UN evacuated
Police give all clear after Saudi, Qatar missions to UN evacuated
January 28, 2016 | 12:10 AM
An NYPD officer carries a garbage from a building that houses The Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations in New York after it was briefly evacuated following a report that a suspicious package was received in the mail. People re-entered the building shortly after the garbage bag was removed from the building. — AP
January 28, 2016 | 12:10 AM
Last Updated: January 28, 2016 | 12:10 AM
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NEW YORK — Police cleared a suspicious package on Tuesday that had led to the evacuation of a building opposite the United Nations headquarters in New York that houses the UN missions of Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
“It’s all over,” said John Miller, New York Police Department deputy commissioner for intelligence and counter-terrorism.
“It’s a couple of household items and a framed picture, no hazard. It may just be a gift to the mission, we don’t know,” he told reporters.
A UN security official said the package was found in the Saudi Arabian UN mission.
“We were told to evacuate, a suspicious package ... It’s just a matter of precaution I think,” Saudi UN Ambassador Abdallah Al-Moallimi said.
