Two more 'suspicious packages' found in US

October 26, 2018 20:04

Two more suspicious packages -- addressed to Senator Cory Booker and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper -- were discovered at mail facilities on Friday, law enforcement officials said.

The packages are identical in appearance to the 10 others containing pipe bombs that were sent this week to opponents of President Trump.

One was found at a United States Postal Service facility in Manhattan addressed to CNN in the care of Clapper, a contributor at the network.

The one addressed to Booker, a Democrat, turned up at a mail facility in Royal Palm Beach, Florida, NBC News reported.

A total of 12 packages have been found so far.

They have been addressed to former President Barack Obama; former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.; former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; Representative Maxine Waters of California; former Attorney General Eric Holder; the actor Robert De Niro; and George Soros, the billionaire Democratic donor.

United States President Donald Trump has termed as 'abhorrent' the sending of 'suspicious packages', asserting that threats of political violence have no place in America.

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