Police say they have locked down Parliament Hill’s East Block as they deal with what they described as a “barricaded man.”
“East block has been evacuated. There are no known injuries and police continue to deal with an individual in this ongoing incident that began just before 3 p.m.,” the Ottawa Police Service said in a statement on social media.
“There is a large police presence in the area.”
Officers from both the Parliamentary Police Service as well as Ottawa Police are on the scene.
A robot has also been brought in as part of the police operations.
Police are instructing the public to avoid the area, and have closed Wellington Street from Bank Street to Sussex Drive….