THE TELEGRAPH: A man has been arrested for illegal possession of a knife outside Barack Obama's hotel amid growing fears about threats to kill the man hoping to become America's first black president.
Davit Zakaryan, 24, was questioned and searched after Mr Obama's Secret Service guards saw him allegedly loitering outside the Fairfield Inn in Ottumwa, Iowa, just before the Democratic candidate was about to start a day's campaigning.
It is believed the Secret Service agents became suspicious because they recalled seeing Zakaryan's car, with Ohio plates, at an Obama event the previous day.
He has been charged with possession of an illegal weapon and driving without a licence. Fear for Obama's safety after knife arrest (more) By Toby Harnden in Washington
Mark Alexander
