Ottawa police say one man has been arrested after an hours-long lockdown on Parliament Hill.
Investigators say the person gained unauthorized entry to East Block on Saturday afternoon and barricaded himself contained in the constructing.
In a publish on social media, they are saying he was taken into custody with out incident.
There was no fast phrase on fees.
Police initially launched a warning Saturday afternoon telling anybody in East Block, which homes parliamentary places of work, to hunt shelter within the nearest room, shut and lock all doorways and conceal.
Members of the Ottawa police service examine an incident at Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Saturday April 5, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Individuals have been evacuated from the constructing and police shut down a major stretch of Wellington Avenue in entrance of Parliament Hill, blocking visitors and pedestrians.
Greater than three hours after the lockdown started, police prolonged the exclusion zone from Wellington Avenue one block again to Sparks Avenue.
Ottawa police Insp. Mark Bouwmeester instructed reporters at round 7:30 p.m. that the circumstances of this incident have been “suspicious,” however gave few particulars about what was taking place inside.
Police wouldn’t say whether or not the person was believed to be armed or whether or not he had made threats.
Ottawa police introduced in specialised items, together with not less than one canine unit and explosives items. Two bomb disposal unit robots have been seen in entrance of Centre Block.
An Ottawa police service robotic is seen at an incident at Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Saturday April 5, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
A authorities internet web page says East Block homes the places of work of Senators and their employees, however Parliament Hill is generally quiet this month as a result of federal election. Parliament has been dissolved for the reason that election was referred to as on March 23.
The location says the constructing as soon as held the officers of Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir George-Étienne Cartier, and that it nonetheless accommodates “devoted recreations of the places of work of its well-known occupants from the nineteenth century.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed April 5, 2025.
