Today, October 24, at about midnight near the house of bill and Hillary Clinton in the village of Chappaqua (new York) was found «a suspicious object». About this NBC News reported sources in law enforcement bodies.
As explained by CNBC Lieutenant James Carroll, the investigation lead the police Department of new castle, FBI and US Secret service. Later, the law enforcement officer told the New York Times that «explosive device» found techniques that every day checks the Inbox of spouses Clinton. The parcel was addressed to former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
The representative of the former Secretary of state said that Hillary Clinton was in Florida, and her husband, the 42nd U.S. President bill Clinton, at the time of detection of the device was at home.
In a statement, the Secret service says this morning her staff in Washington was intercepted by the second object, which was sent to the residence of the previous President of the USA Barack Obama. According to authorities, the parcel did not have time to fall into the hands of any of the recipients.
«The secret service has initiated a full-scale criminal investigation, which will use all available Federal, state, and local resources to identify the source items and identify responsible persons,» — said the press service of the secret Department.
About 10 o’clock in the morning there appeared information about yet another bomb. This time the target was the headquarters of the news service CNN. The NYPD bomb squad found in the mail room a metal pipe with wires. As a result, the building Time Warner Center, where CNN is evacuated, and the area around Columbus circle is cordoned off.
UPD: around 11.30 confirmed that the headquarters of CNN were planted pipe bomb.
The package was addressed to John Brennan, former Director of the CIA, who frequently appears on CNN.
NYPD @NYPDSpecialops Officers are investigating a suspicious package in Columbus Circle. Please avoid the area. Expect a police presence and heavy traffic in the area. More information to follow. pic.twitter.com/203sNbyUzd
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) October 24, 2018
Everyone at CNN NY being evacuated. Swarms of NYPD outside — I wasn’t allowed to grab a coat or any of my belongings — told to immediately go to the staircase pic.twitter.com/rtcAoKS6y9
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) October 24, 2018
As reported by NBC News, a law enforcement officer, all 3 packages sent at the Time Warner Center, Obama and Clinton, «nearly identical» to the bomb found 2 days ago in the mailbox of billionaire George Soros in Bedford, a 20-minute drive from Chappaqua. As stated earlier, the specialists, the device found in the home of Soros, «included components» bombs and explosive powder.
The sender on the parcel for Clinton and Soros were listed member of the house of representatives from Florida Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, who was Chairman of the National Committee of the Democratic party during the last elections.
According to the press Secretary of the White house Sarah Sanders, President Donald trump was notified about the incidents and condemned the «attempted rape».
In connection with the incident, the mayor of new York bill de Blasio and first lady Mccray Cirlan has cancelled planned for today.
While no one was arrested.
