(ECNS) -- A suspicious package spotted near the United States embassy in Beijing on Wednesday afternoon contained no explosives, just clothes and other everyday items, the Beijing public security bureau said in a Weibo posting on Wednesday evening.
The parcel, which was alleged by some netizens to contain a bomb at Liangmaqiao, Chaoyang District, drew immediate attention from police, according to Beijing Youth Daily.
A witness said riot police and vans were seen in front of the western gate of the U.S. embassy at around 5 p.m., while that section of the road was cordoned off. Several policemen were attempting to approach an electric motorcycle, said the witness, who thought it might have been part of a drill operation.
Then at around 7 p.m., the Beijing police released information about the incident via microblog, saying it had evacuated people in the surrounding area but later detected no explosives in the parcel.
