Pipe Bombs Sent to Clintons, Obama and CNN Offices

The US Secret Service said Wednesday it had intercepted suspect packages, identified as potential explosive devices, sent to the homes of former president Barack Obama and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.

The Secret Service said it recovered a single package addressed to Clinton in Westchester, a suburb north of Manhattan on Tuesday, and a second package addressed to the Obama residence in Washington on Wednesday.

“The packages were immediately identified during routine mail screening procedures as potential explosive devices and were appropriately handled as such,” the Secret Service said in a statement.

“The protectees did not receive the packages nor were they at risk of receiving them.”

The explosive device was found in mail sent to the Clintons, the New York Times reported.

The paper while quoting an official said the device was similar to the one found at the home of billionaire philanthropist George Soros on Monday.