The package was addressed to former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who called it "definitely domestic terrorism." He added that he feared for his neighbors who were retrieving his mail at his home address. NYPD officers at The Oculus investigated a seemingly suspicious package on Tuesday afternoon in Manhattan. About two hours later, the NYPD explained that the package was safely removed from the post office, but an investigation was still ongoing. The package was leaning against a tree, according to Pix11, but it was later determined safe.Įarlier in the morning, the NYPD responded to reports of a suspicious package at a post office on West 52 nd Street near Eighth Avenue. On Friday, the NYPD confirmed to Newsweek that officers were investigating an "unattended package" near Central Park West and West 72 nd Street on the Upper West Side. The package was deemed safe, and no hazardous items were found. The Time Warner Center was evacuated again on Thursday night while NYPD evaluated an unattended package at the Time Warner Center shopping mall. Officials were able to safely remove the package, and no one was injured. The package was addressed similarly to the ones sent to Cuomo and CNN. Police officers were called early Thursday morning to respond to a suspicious package that was mailed to actor Robert De Niro at his media company Tribeca Productions, at 375 Greenwich St. It was the fifth suspicious package found in New York since Wednesday.
Postal Service facility at 52nd Street and Eighth Avenue on October 26. It was later sent to an FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, for further testing.ĭuring a press briefing after the package was identified, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said that his office also received a similar package, but he added, "Terrorism only works if you let it work."Ī bomb disposal technician (left) carries a package out of a U.S.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) bomb squad was called to the office and safely transported the package to Rodman's Neck Firing Range. The return label had the name of Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz and contained a pipe bomb, as well as, a suspicious powder. The package was addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, care of CNN. On Wednesday, a suspicious package was located in the mailroom of the Time Warner Center building on Columbus Circle at 59th Street in New York. Fortunately, all of the packages were identified before they could be detonated, and no one has been injured. Some were sent to buildings where they were intercepted by employees in the mailroom, and others were discovered at U.S. A SUSPICIOUS package has been found in Lafayette Square, just minutes away from The White House. Suspicious packages were largely confined to seemingly specific targets, including high profile Democratic people and media outlets. In New York, there have been at least six packages that required a police response, found in places scattered throughout the city. Since Wednesday, suspicious packages have been reported across the country, many of which are similar in their design and contents.
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