Police cordon off area around beach volleyball arena in Rio

Police cordoned off a large area around the Beach Volleyball Arena in Copacabana and deployed robotic bomb detection devices on Friday while the Rio Olympics opening ceremony was being staged at Maracana Stadium.

Armed police and the military were seen beginning to seal off an area of Avenida Atlantica, which runs in front of Copacabana beach, where the 12,000 capacity temporary beach volleyball venue is erected, at around 2040 local time (0040amBST).