The Secret Service said employees met a curious young visitor on the fence on the north side of the White House.
In Washington on Tuesday, April 18, a two-year-old child climbed the fence around the White House, AP reports.
It will be noted that the US Secret Service, which is responsible for security at the White House, took the child from the north lawn around the presidential residence and returned it to the parents, who were “briefly questioned.” Access to the White House is restricted at this time.
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said employees “encountered a curious young visitor along the fence on the north side of the White House who briefly entered the grounds.”
According to The Guardian, the little intruder is two years old.
The media said that this may be the first successful penetration of the White House territory because the height of the fence has almost doubled to 3.9 meters. The new fence is higher, but the bar spacing has increased to about 12.7 cm and sometimes the “older kids” get stuck in it.
Remember that Donald Trump ordered to increase the height of the fence around the White House in 2019.
Before this, perhaps the most shameful incident of this kind, was the direct attack on the White House on September 19, 2014 by an American citizen, a veteran of the armed forces, Omar Gonzales. He was able to not only get over the White House fence and cross the lawn unhindered, but also get inside the mansion. And similar incidents are repeated.
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