The FBI on Tuesday was investigating an explosive device found in the mailbox at the New York home of US billionaire and liberal donor George Soros, a target of right-wing groups, officials said. An employee of the residence in Bedford, north of Manhattan, found the suspicious package in the mailbox on Monday afternoon, opened it and found what appeared to be an explosive device, Bedford police said. "The employee placed the package in a wooded area and called the Bedford police," police said. Soros was not at home at the time and bomb squad technicians defused the device, said police in Bedford, a wealthy enclave that is home to a string of the rich and famous within easy commute of Manhattan. An "extensive investigation" has been opened and the case has been turned over to the joint terrorism task force division of the FBI, police said. "We are conducting an investigation at and around a residence in Bedford," the FBI’s New York field office said on Twitter. "There is no threat to...
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