Trump Tower lobby briefly evacuated over suspicious package

[December 28, 2016]    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police briefly evacuated the lobby of Trump Tower in New York City, home to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, on Tuesday after a suspicious package was discovered, authorities said.

Trump Tower is seen in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., November 27, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz/File Photo

A spokesman for New York City's Police said the department's bomb squad responded to the scene, and the authorities issued an all-clear message shortly afterward.

Trump is spending the holidays at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida and was not at the 58-story skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan. The lobby is often thronged with tourists.

(Reporting by Gina Cherelus; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Phil Berlowitz)

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