Suspicious device addressed to Joe Biden intercepted, De Niro also targeted

Suspicious device addressed to Joe Biden intercepted, De Niro also targeted
Former vice president Joe Biden and Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum during a campaign rally at the University of South Florida, in Tampa, on Monday. (AP Photo)
Updated 25 October 2018
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Suspicious device addressed to Joe Biden intercepted, De Niro also targeted

Suspicious device addressed to Joe Biden intercepted, De Niro also targeted
  • Suspicious device addressed to former vice president Joe Biden found Thursday at a postal facility in Delaware
  • Packages were similar to at least nine others sent to such Democratic luminaries as former president Barack Obama and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton

NEW YORK: Former US vice president Joe Biden and Hollywood megastar Robert De Niro were the latest targets Thursday of a spree of suspicious packages and pipe bombs sent to opponents of Donald Trump as the US president lashed out at the media for stirring up “anger.”

A suspicious device addressed to Joe Biden was found Thursday at a postal facility in Delaware, the latest in a wave targeting prominent Democrats.

A New York police bomb squad removed a similar looking package sent to De Niro at the TriBeCa Productions company he co-founded.

The packages were similar to at least nine others sent to such Democratic luminaries as former president Barack Obama and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.