Urgent: Police cordoned off a street in New York because of the presence of an armed man outside the United Nations headquarters

US press sources announced that teams of police arrived at First Avenue near the United Nations headquarters in New York after reports of an armed man in front of the building posing a threat.

The sources indicated that there were several police cars in front of the building, and a minibus arrived carrying a number of police officers armed with special equipment.

Later, sources said in breaking news that the gunman outside the United Nations building was putting the gun to his mouth, and the city police were negotiating with him.

And she continued, "Law enforcement officials did not reveal the reasons for what was happening, and that part of the road in front of the building was cordoned off."

According to "Russia Today" and news websites, security information said, "He claims that there is a man carrying a weapon at one of the entrances to the headquarters, and that he is threatening," while representatives of the United Nations Security Department are assessing the situation.

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