US police negotiating with suspect after bomb threat near Capitol

Capitol Police chief says negotiators are looking to ‘peaceful resolution to this incident’.

US Capitol Police are negotiating with a suspect claiming to have a bomb in his truck near the library of Congress after evacuating the area surrounding the vehicle. The suspect remains in the vehicle, a block away from the US Capitol and the Supreme Court. Capitol Police Chief J Thomas Manger said officers first approached the truck, which was parked on the sidewalk, at about 9:15am local time (13:15 GMT) on Thursday. The suspects told them that he had a bomb and was holding what appeared to be a detonator.