“The most highly trained experts in the world are investigating today’s suspicious package in #TriBeCa,” O’Neill’s tweet reads. Who got what, when: A timeline of when the bombs were found CLARY / AFP) (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. The targeted Democrats are among the most high-profile political figures in the United States, which goes to the polls on November 6 in elections seen as a referendum on Republican President Donald Trump. Suspected explosive devices were sent to former president Barack Obama, defeated presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and to a building housing CNN's New York bureau less than 24 hours apart and less than two weeks before key US midterm elections, officials confirmed Wednesday. Police patrol outside the Time Warner Building on Octowhere a suspected explosive device was found in the building after it was delivered to CNN's New York bureau. Police have sent the package to a secure facility in the Bronx, New York Police Department Commissioner James O’Neill said on Twitter. He called police early Thursday morning to inform them about it. A retired police officer discovered the package, but initially didn’t think anything of it and left it in his office.Īfter watching news reports, he recognized similarities between the package he had seen and the others sent to top Democrats and CNN, the official said.

The package was received in the building’s general mailroom on Wednesday, according to a law enforcement official. The building contains Tribeca Enterprises – which includes De Niro’s Tribeca Productions film and television company and organizes the Tribeca Film Festival – and De Niro’s Tribeca Grill restaurant. LIVE UPDATES: At least nine suspicious packages addressed to Trump critics in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood, was reported to police around 4:45 a.m. The package addressed to De Niro, found on the seventh floor of 375 Greenwich St. With Thursday’s discoveries, at least 10 suspicious packages, all similar in appearance, have been found this week addressed to eight people who are prominent Democrats or high-profile critics of Donald Trump.

A photo of the package sent to Robert DeNiro, provided by a law enforcement official.

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