The official wasn't authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity. The official said another package addressed to Biden was also found Thursday morning, that one at a postal center in New Castle, Delaware. The official says it has similar markings and characteristics as the packages containing bombs sent to other prominent Democrats. By Colleen Long in Washington and Tom Hays in New York.Ī law enforcement official says a second package addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden has been intercepted at a mail facility in Wilmington, Delaware. The two officials weren't authorized to discuss the investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity. An official said it was suspected to have been delivered earlier this week. It had the same return address used on the other packages. That person, who has a background in law enforcement, recalled seeing a similar package at the film center mailroom earlier and reported it to police.Įmergency service officers were dispatched early Thursday to retrieve it. Two officials told The Associated Press on Thursday that a person affiliated with the Tribeca Film Center was off work when he saw an image on the Internet and elsewhere of the package containing a crude pipe bomb sent to CNN. Law enforcement officials say the suspected explosive device sent to Robert De Niro may have been sitting in the mailroom of his building for a day or more before it was discovered. By Eric Tucker and Michael Balsamo in Washington. Pipe bombs addressed to Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama, former CIA director John Brennan and former Attorney General Eric Holder have also been intercepted in recent days. The official wasn't authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. New York City police early Thursday recovered a package addressed to De Niro with the same return address used on the other packages.Ī law enforcement official said two packages addressed to Biden were intercepted at Delaware mail facilities in New Castle and Wilmington.
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The FBI provided the update in a tweet Thursday morning. The FBI is confirming packages addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden and actor Robert De Niro are similar in appearance to those used to send bombs to prominent Democrats. He said all of them appear to be from the same sender and it's "clearly an effort to terrorize people politically, to choose people for political purposes and attack them because of their beliefs."ĭe Blasio said the device is being examined at an NYPD facility in the Bronx. Two officials told The Associated Press on Thursday that a person working at the building with a law-enforcement background called police after seeing images of a package bomb sent to CNN and recalling a similar package addressed to De Niro.ĭe Blasio said: "Thank God there were no injuries."ĭe Blasio said the device removed from De Niro's office "was very similar to the devices that have located within the last 48 hours" at CNN and locations connected to prominent Democrats. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is hailing the "quick-witted work" of a security guard who alerted authorities to a suspicious device at Robert De Niro's Manhattan office.
By Colleen Long and Michael Balsamo in Washington The packages addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden and one to actor Robert De Niro were similar to crude pipe bombs sent to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and CNN. The four-day mail-bomb scare widened Thursday as law enforcement officials recovered three more devices. The officials weren't authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The officials said they didn't appear to have a trip wire or ignition. That's according to two law enforcement officials who said the devices were not rigged like a traditional booby trap package bomb that would explode upon opening. 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.
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