WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 25th October, 2018) An investigation of packages containing explosive devices that were sent to former government officials and media outlets this week is a top priority for the FBI, Director Christopher Wray said in a press release.
"This investigation is of the highest priority for the FBI," Wray said on Wednesday. "We have committed the full strength of the FBI's resources and, together with our partners on our Joint Terrorism Task Forces, we will continue to work to identify and arrest whoever is responsible for sending these packages."
The packages were mailed in manila envelopes containing "potentially destructive devices" in plastic bubble wraps this week to former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Former Attorney General Eric Holder, billionaire philanthropist George Soros and former CIA Director John Brennan, care of CNN, the release explained.
The FBI warned that additional packages could be en route to other targets and that the public should not touch, move or handle any suspicious or unknown packages.
The FBI will continue to work with Federal law enforcement partners at the United States Secret Service, United States Postal Inspection Service and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, as well as state and local law enforcement partners, to identify and arrest the person or people responsible for sending these packages, the release said.
