Police: Man With Ax, Sword Asked to Enter New York Times Newsroom

Police: Man With Ax, Sword Asked to Enter New York Times Newsroom
The New York Times building in New York City on Aug. 31, 2021. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
The Associated Press
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NEW YORK—A man with an ax and a sword went into the lobby of the New York Times building on Thursday and asked to speak to the political section, authorities said, then handed over his weapons and waited for emergency personnel when he was denied entry.

The New York Police Department said officers responded to the Times’ building in midtown Manhattan shortly after noon after getting a 911 call about a man with a knife.