SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) — Authorities in Utah say two males have been arrested on suspicion of putting an incendiary machine underneath a information media automobile in Salt Lake Metropolis. The bomb did not go off.
Police and hearth division bomb squads responded Friday when a suspicious machine was discovered underneath the automobile parked close to an occupied constructing.
Investigators decided the bomb “had been lit however didn’t operate as designed,” based on court docket information cited by CBS affiliate KUTV.
The FBI recognized two suspects and served a search warrant at a house within the Magna neighborhood west of town’s downtown. Two males, ages 58 and 31, have been arrested and will face costs associated to weapons possession and threats of terrorism, ABC affiliate KTVX reported Sunday.
Neighboring properties have been evacuated throughout the search, which turned up explosives and “explosive-related parts,” firearms, unlawful narcotics and different paraphernalia, court docket information say. Authorities say additionally they discovered at the least two units that turned out to be hoax weapons of mass destruction.
There was no details about a doable motive and the connection between the 2 suspects wasn’t instantly identified.
Information media have descended on Salt Lake Metropolis following final week’s assassination of Turning Level USA co-founder Charlie Kirk.
