Investigators probing crude pipe bombs sent to prominent Democrats are trying to determine whether the devices were intended to detonate or whether they were simply sent to sow fear. Similar packages were also sent to former President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. New York City Police Commissioner James O’Neill said investigators are treating the devices as if they’re real and dangerous.ĭeputy Commissioner John Miller said a retired NYPD detective who works in security reported a package addressed to Robert De Niro on Thursday after seeing images of the other package bombs on TV. Postal Inspection Service spokesman Philip Bartlett said Thursday that postal employees and inspectors are searching mail facilities for packages matching the 10 sent over the last four days. Postal Service, but that no new ones have been found in the mail system the last eight hours.
Investigators say some of the package bombs targeting critics of President Donald Trump were sent through the U.S. Investigators are trying to determine whether the devices were intended to detonate or whether they were simply sent to sow fear. Two packages addressed to Biden were intercepted at Delaware mail facilities in New Castle and Wilmington. He says that Democrats and Republicans can disagree on health care but that personal attacks have “got to stop.” No new packages containing explosives have been identified since Thursday morning.įormer Vice President Joe Biden says America has to “turn off this hate machine” after authorities intercepted two mail bombs addressed to him.īiden called for increased civility during a Thursday campaign stop in Lancaster, New York, outside of Buffalo.īiden says he hopes the package bombs addressed to him, former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, CNN and others, have been “enough of a shock wave to say OK, enough is enough.” Postal inspectors are searching mail facilities for packages matching the 10 sent over the last four days. Suspicious packages were sent to prominent critics of President Donald Trump. The law enforcement source was not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity. The source says it was a precautionary measure. It was partially evacuated Wednesday after a suspicious package containing a crude pipe bomb was delivered to the media company.ĬNN personnel in the building Thursday stayed on the air while police checked things out.Ī law enforcement source tells The Associated Press that Miami-Dade police have gone to the mail-sorting facility in Opa-Locka, Florida, at the request of the FBI in connection with the suspicious package investigation. The Time Warner building is where CNN is located. The first floor of the mall remains open. The New York Police Department said in a tweet Thursday evening that it was evaluating the packages “as a precaution.” Part of the Time Warner Center mall in New York City has been evacuated while police check out a report of two unattended packages.
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