A new suspicious package, similar to previous mail bombs sent to various politicians and media figures over the last week, has been intercepted while addressed to CNN’s worldwide headquarters in Atlanta, only three days after alleged culprit Cesar Sayoc was arrested.
A downtown Atlanta post office was evacuated and surrounding streets were closed off after officers responded to a call about a suspicious package at 9:38 am local time, according to the Atlanta Police Department.
The package was investigated by a bomb squad dispatched to the site and is to be sent to an FBI laboratory for further analysis.
Furthermore, the suspicious parcel prompted CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker to relieve staffers in a Monday morning memo, declaring that the package “was intercepted at an Atlanta post office,” and that “there is no imminent danger to the CNN Center.”
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