BREAKING: Explosive Device found in suspicious packages sent to Clinton and Obama residences
October 24, 2018
*UPDATED 11:11 a.m.:
The U.S. Secret Service did confirm that potential explosive devices were sent to Former First Lady Hillary Clinton in Westchester County, New York and Former President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C.
The suspicious package addressed to Clinton was recovered on Tuesday morning and the suspicious package addressed to Former President Barack Obama was recovered Wednesday morning.
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New York Police Department is also responding to a confirmed suspicious device discovered in the Time Warner Center. This is the location for New York’s CNN Bureau.
JUST IN: The NYPD is responding to a suspicious device discovered at the Time Warner Center, where CNN is based, in New York, according to a law enforcement source. The CNN bureau has evacuated as a precaution. https://t.co/BmgkJ2qaIE pic.twitter.com/Ad8PoQ5kkf
— CNN (@CNN) October 24, 2018
According to a source from the NYPD, the device sent to the Time Warner Center is believed to be a pipe bomb.
The device sent to Time Warner Center was constructed with a pipe and wires, according to an NYPD source. Law enforcement authorities are treating the device as a real explosive. The device was discovered in the mailroom of Time Warner Center in New York. https://t.co/iIxKk6HUko
— CNN (@CNN) October 24, 2018
The suspected bomb has now been removed from the building at the Time Warner Center and is in the hands of NYPD.
The White House has released a statement condemning the threats against Clinton and Obama.
“These terrorizing acts are despicable, and anyone responsible will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said. “The United States Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies are investigating and will take all appropriate actions to protect anyone threatened by these cowards.”
Statement on suspicious packages: pic.twitter.com/pYSbDvCvuk
— Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) October 24, 2018
CNN also reported that the White House was also sent a suspicious package, however, the U.S. Secret Service has disproved this claim.
As of 11:35 a.m. it was reported that U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz also received a suspicious package in Sunrise, Florida. She has evacuated her house while police investigate.
#BREAKING: Sunrise Police Department confirms an office building has been evacuated due to suspicious package in the mail. It’s the same building where the office of U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is located. @CBS4Ted is live at noon.
— CBS News Miami (@CBSMiami) October 24, 2018
Spinnaker will update as more information is available.
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