A man with a weapon was arrested Wednesday afternoon at the Iranian interests section in Washington, the Secret Service said.
The incident took place at Pakistan’s embassy, which houses the Iranian interests section after Iran and the US severed diplomatic relations in 1979.
The Secret Service said in a statement that agents responded to reports of shots fired. The agents determined that no shots had been fired, but they arrested a man in possession of a weapon. He was charged with assault.
BREAKING: Secret Service statement regarding the incident at 23rd street and N street NW, Washington D.C. pic.twitter.com/VMCLoUSUuy
— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) April 25, 2018
Authorities haven’t released the man’s identity.
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency posted a brief video online that appears to show armed officers subduing a man face-down on the ground. The agency reported that the man shouted “slogans against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” without elaborating.
The building houses several foreign consular offices, including for Mexico and India.
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