Washington Radio Station WMAL Evacuates Building After Receiving Suspicious Package

WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 26th October, 2018) Talk and news radio station WMAL said in a message on Thursday that its personnel evacuated the building after receiving a suspicious package.

"Suspicious package received at WMAL. Building evacuated. Police and fire are on scene. We'll be back with you live as soon as we can, but for now enjoy our 'Best of' programming on WMAL," the station said via Twitter on Thursday.

At least ten potentially harmful devices and pipe bombs have been mailed this week to prominent Democratic politicians, including former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Federal agencies are hunting for the perpetrator or perpetrators.

WMAL is a commercial AM talk and news radio station operated by Cumulus media and O'Connor is a talk radio host on it.