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No explosives detected in parcel near U.S. embassy in Beijing

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2016-06-16 10:48:37Ecns.cn Mo Hong'e ECNS App Download

(ECNS) -- A suspicious package spotted near the United States embassy in Beijing on Wednesday afternoon contained no explosives, just clothes and other everyday items, the Beijing public security bureau said in a Weibo posting on Wednesday evening.

The parcel, which was alleged by some netizens to contain a bomb at Liangmaqiao, Chaoyang District, drew immediate attention from police, according to Beijing Youth Daily.

A witness said riot police and vans were seen in front of the western gate of the U.S. embassy at around 5 p.m., while that section of the road was cordoned off. Several policemen were attempting to approach an electric motorcycle, said the witness, who thought it might have been part of a drill operation.

Then at around 7 p.m., the Beijing police released information about the incident via microblog, saying it had evacuated people in the surrounding area but later detected no explosives in the parcel.

  

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