Israeli Consulate Locked Down After Man Wanders In, Police Say

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — The Israel consulate in Midtown Manhattan was briefly locked down Friday morning when a man wandered inside the diplomatic building, NYPD and consulate officials said.

A man walked into the consulate, located on Second Avenue between East 42nd and 43rd streets, around 10:30 a.m. Friday, an NYPD spokeswoman said. The man was placed in custody and taken to Bellevue Hospital, the spokeswoman said.

The spokeswoman could not confirm whether there were any charges pending against the man or if he posed a real security threat to the consulate.

The Consul General of Israel said that a "security alert" was issued this morning, but nobody on the staff was injured.

"A security alert was declared this morning in the Israeli Consulate General in New York," Ambassador Dani Dayan said on Twitter. "A suspect is now under NYPD custody. The staff is well. The morale is high."

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