Capitol Police say the man was arrested after putting a bag containing a machete and several knives through an X-ray screening machine.

The U.S. Capitol Police on Wednesday said they arrested a man who tried to bring a machete and three knives into the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. Newsweek reached out to the U.S. Capitol Police for additional comment via email.

Authorities stopped a man with a machete from entering the Capitol, the U.S. Capitol Police said Wednesday. In a thread on the social platform X Wednesday afternoon, Capitol Police said a man attempted to enter the Capitol Visitor Center with a machete,