The FBI said Thursday that the package addressed to De Niro and the two addressed to Biden were “similar in appearance to the others.” But Delaware authorities have said investigators have responded to post offices in Wilmington and New Castle. Philly/Twitterĭetails about how authorities ultimately found the two Biden packages on Thursday morning in Delaware weren’t immediately available. This photo of the package addressed to Biden was obtained by WTFX-TV in Philadelphia. Those devices are believed to be pipe bombs, inherently unstable, and at risk of being set off just by handling.Īuthorities already were aware at least one Biden package by Wednesday it had been misaddressed and returned to sender, and postal officials were trying to track it down, two law enforcement sources said. Most of those devices showed the presence of a sulfur substance, which could have exploded, a law enforcement official said. Maxine Waters (one to her California office and one to her office in Washington) former CIA director John Brennan (sent to CNN’s New York offices) and billionaire investor and Democratic donor George Soros. X-ray images show that the package addressed to De Niro contains a device similar to the pipe bombs found in other packages this week that were addressed to prominent Democrats, the two sources said.īefore the De Niro and Biden packages were in police custody Thursday, authorities said seven pipe bombs stashed in manila envelopes were discovered this week addressed to six prominent Trump critics: Former President Barack Obama former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton former Attorney General Eric Holder Democratic US Rep. “The most highly trained experts in the world are investigating today’s suspicious package in #TriBeCa,” O’Neill’s tweet reads. Who got what, when: A timeline of when the bombs were found CLARY / AFP) (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. The targeted Democrats are among the most high-profile political figures in the United States, which goes to the polls on November 6 in elections seen as a referendum on Republican President Donald Trump. Suspected explosive devices were sent to former president Barack Obama, defeated presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and to a building housing CNN's New York bureau less than 24 hours apart and less than two weeks before key US midterm elections, officials confirmed Wednesday. Police patrol outside the Time Warner Building on Octowhere a suspected explosive device was found in the building after it was delivered to CNN's New York bureau. Police have sent the package to a secure facility in the Bronx, New York Police Department Commissioner James O’Neill said on Twitter. He called police early Thursday morning to inform them about it. A retired police officer discovered the package, but initially didn’t think anything of it and left it in his office.Īfter watching news reports, he recognized similarities between the package he had seen and the others sent to top Democrats and CNN, the official said. The package was received in the building’s general mailroom on Wednesday, according to a law enforcement official. The building contains Tribeca Enterprises – which includes De Niro’s Tribeca Productions film and television company and organizes the Tribeca Film Festival – and De Niro’s Tribeca Grill restaurant. LIVE UPDATES: At least nine suspicious packages addressed to Trump critics in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood, was reported to police around 4:45 a.m. The package addressed to De Niro, found on the seventh floor of 375 Greenwich St. With Thursday’s discoveries, at least 10 suspicious packages, all similar in appearance, have been found this week addressed to eight people who are prominent Democrats or high-profile critics of Donald Trump. A photo of the package sent to Robert DeNiro, provided by a law enforcement official.
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