Washington, D.C. police arrest man carrying torch and flare gun on Election Day

As Americans headed to the polls connected Election Day, a antheral was arrested aft a information screening successful Washington, D.C.

U.S. Capitol Police said connected Tuesday that the antheral was stopped during a screening process astatine the Capitol Visitor Center.

“The antheral smelled similar fuel, had a torch & a flare gun,” it said successful station connected X, formerly cognize arsenic Twitter.

“The CVC is closed for tours for the day, portion we investigate. We volition supply much accusation erstwhile we can.”

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Voting connected Tuesday unfolded mostly smoothly crossed the state with lone scattered reports of delays from utmost weather, ballot printing errors and method problems.

Most of the hiccups occurring by midday were “largely expected regular and planned-for events,” said Cait Conley, elder advisor to the manager of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, successful a property briefing.

She said the bureau was not presently tracking immoderate national, important incidents impacting predetermination security.

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— with files from The Associated Press