Halloween Costumes Caused Security Alert on Capitol Hill

World | October 31, 2003, Friday // 00:00

Police in Washington say that the major security alert on Capitol Hill turned out to be a false alarm triggered by a Halloween costume. Police initially said they were hunting two intruders armed with a revolver who had breached a checkpoint at an office building belonging to the US House of Representatives. A security guard at the Cannon Office Building reported that a man had gone through the X-ray machine with a suspicious object in his backpack. But police later explained that two women staff members bringing in Halloween costumes had caused the panic.

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