Crime & Safety

UPDATE: 'All Clear' at Arlington Cemetery After Inspection of Suspicious Package

The Arlington County Fire Department sent a bomb squad to inspect the package, according to NBC4.

UPDATE: 3:15 p.m.:

Arlington National Cemetery was briefly closed Thursday afternoon due to a suspicious package.

The “all clear” was given after an inspection of the package by the Arlington County Fire Department’s bomb squad.

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The cemetery initially posted a message on its Twitter account about the closing and evacuated visitors.

The Arlington County Fire Department’s bomb squad was on the scene, according to a report by NBC4.

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