VIRGINIA — *UPDATE: ALL CLEAR GIVEN*
#BREAKING: @arlingtonNatl “all clear” on investigating a suspicious package. Will open soon.
— Arlington Cemetery (@ArlingtonNatl) August 13, 2015
The Arlington County Fire Department’s bomb squad is on scene as well as U.S. Park police to investigate a suspicious package at Arlington National Cemetery. According to NBC Washington, the suspicious item was left along Memorial Drive near Route 110 at the entrance of the cemetery. Visitors are being evacuated.
BREAKING: @arlingtonNatl is currently closed to visitors due to a suspicious package.
— Arlington Cemetery (@ArlingtonNatl) August 13, 2015
No further details were available.
Arlington National Cemetery is a United States military cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.
