At George Soros’s Home, Pipe Bomb Was Likely Hand-Delivered, Officials Say nyti.ms/2R6zZxZ
2/"Federal authorities believe that an explosive device found Monday in a mailbox at the home of George Soros, the billionaire philanthropist who has been a focus of right-wing vitriol and conspiracy theorists, was left there by someone and was not delivered by the Postal Service
3/"several law enforcement officials said Tuesday....The motive of the would-be bomber or bombers remained unclear, one of the officials said, adding that there had not yet been any claim of responsibility....
4/"It was rigged with a detonator, and it could have maimed or possibly killed someone had it exploded near them...A senior law enforcement official described the pipe bomb as “smaller than what we typically see.” The investigation is being conducted by the New York offices of
5/"the F.B.I. and the federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, according to several of the officials, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.Officers from the police department in the town of Bedford, N.Y., initially responded
6/"to the Soros home in the hamlet of Katonah, at about 3:45 p.m. Monday in response to a call from the caretaker about a suspicious package, according to a police department statement. The Westchester County Police Department’s bomb squad was called, as were federal and state
7/"investigators...Another official said investigators had photographed the package before detonating the device. The images have been reviewed by United States postal inspectors, the official said, who concluded that the markings on the envelope were likely intended to make it
8/"appear as though the package was sent through the mail, though they believed it was not."
~excerpts from an article written by William K. Rashbaum, NYT, 10/24/18
~excerpts from an article written by William K. Rashbaum, NYT, 10/24/18
