Suspicious packages turn up in Chicago, Kansas City
Federal agents are investigating an explosive device sent to a Loop office building Thursday afternoon that was similar to a pipe bomb mailed to a Kansas City office building the day before, the Associated Press reported.
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The Associated Press said both the Chicago and Kansas City devices were defused without incident.(snip)
Though Obritsch described Wednesday's bomb as an "actual I.E.D., improvised explosive device,'' he said it appeared more designed to frighten than kill.
"This was the real deal, but it was not primed to go off,'' Obritsch said. ``To some extent, it was a device meant to scare people.''(snip)
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