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Potential explosive devices were found in packages addressed to former secretary of stateHillary Clintonand former PresidentBarack Obama, the Secret Service confirmed in a statement on Wednesday.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders released a statement condemning the attacks.
In another incident on Wednesday morning, the NYPD responded to a suspicious device discovered in New York City’s Time Warner Center, where CNN is based,the outlet reported, citing a law enforcement source. The device, which was reportedly made from a pipe and wires, was discovered in the mailroom of Time Warner Center, according to CNN. Law enforcement authorities are treating the device as a real explosive, CNN said. It’s unclear if the incidents are related.
Earlier reports on Wednesday said that an explosive device was found in a “suspicious package” near Hillary andBill Clinton‘s home in Chappaqua, New York.
Nick Merrill, Hillary Clinton’s former campaign press secretary and current communications adviser, tweeted that those reports were “incorrect.”
“Nothing got to any home,” he said in response to an NBC News tweet.
source: people.com
