U.S. Mail Bomb Terror -- News Updates October 25, 2018

Daily Mail: 'MAGAbomber' strikes again: Pipe bombs are mailed to Robert De Niro's Tribeca restaurant and Joe Biden's Delaware home - one day after prominent liberals and Trump critics including the Obamas, Clintons and CNN received identical packages

* Investigators found suspicious packages on Thursday addressed to Robert De Niro and for Joe Biden in New York and Delaware
* Police swarmed a building associated with De Niro in Tribeca that contains his Tribeca Grill restaurant and film company
* Authorities also descended on two mail facilities in Delaware after two packages intended for Biden were intercepted
* The latest devices are similar to others found this week targeting prominent Democrats and some of Trump's biggest foes
* De Niro has been a heavy critic of Trump and launched an expletive-laden attack on the president at the Tony Awards in June
* None of the devices have detonated and no injuries have been reported as authorities desperately search for the serial bomber
* Devices have been seized in New York, Washington D.C., Florida and California

Investigators have found three more suspicious packages on Thursday addressed to Robert De Niro and Joe Biden as the manhunt intensifies for the serial bomber targeting the liberal elite, including the Obamas, Clintons and CNN.

Police swarmed a building associated with De Niro in New York early Thursday morning after a suspicious package was found addressed to the Hollywood actor.

Authorities also descended on two mail facilities in Delaware after two packages intended for former Vice President Biden were intercepted. The first was found in New Castle and the second in Wilmington.

The latest devices are similar to others found this week targeting prominent Democrats and some of Trump's biggest foes, including the Obamas, Clintons and CNN.

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U.S. Mail Bomb Terror -- News Updates October 25, 2018

Pipe bombs latest: White House defends Trump's attacks on media as FBI hunts culprit – live -- The Guardian

href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-packages/suspects-sought-in-sending-of-package-bombs-to-top-us-democrats-trump-critics-idUSKCN1MZ1CP">Bombs sent to Trump critics Biden, De Niro as U.S. manhunt intensifies -- Reuters
Robert De Niro, Joe Biden sent mail 'bombs' as political rhetoric coarsens -- ABC News Online
Packages to Biden, De Niro seized, similar to earlier bombs -- AP
Suspicious packages addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden, Robert De Niro -- FOX News
Police investigate packages sent to Robert de Niro and former VP Joe Biden -- DW
Suspicious package sent to actor Robert De Niro's office: CNN sources -- The Hill
Trump blames media for ‘Anger we see today in our society’ -- AP
Donald Trump attacks media 'hostility' after attempted pipe bombings -- The Guardian
Trump: A ‘big part’ of anger in society comes from ‘purposely false and inaccurate’ reporting -- The Hill
Trump blames media for bomb blitz, tells journalists to ‘clean up’ their act -- RT
Sarah Sanders says 'everyone has a role to play' in preventing violence but it's 'absolutely ludicrous' to blame the president for bomb threats against liberals as Trump doubles down on claim that it's the media's fault -- Daily Mail
Bomb threats put spotlight on vitriolic political rhetoric -- AP
US mail bombs: who has been targeted? -- AFP
What we know about the suspected pipe bombs sent to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and other US political figures -- ABC News Online

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