Police respond to a report of a suspicious package in the Manhattan borough of New York, New York, US. PHOTO REUTERS
The person was taken into custody in the Miami area, a US law enforcement official said. The investigation into this week’s wave of suspicious packages focused on southern Florida and a mail sorting facility in the area.
FBI searches Florida mail center in hunt for sender of package bombs
The US Justice Department will hold a news conference at 2:30 p.m. EDT. (1830 GMT), a department spokeswoman said.
Citing an unnamed source, cable network MSNBC said the suspect was a man in his 50s. CNN said the arrest was made in Plantation, a city near Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Reuters could not immediately confirm those reports.
No one claimed responsibility for parcel bombs, which were denounced by authorities as terrorism, and came less than two weeks ahead of US congressional elections that could alter the balance of power in Washington.
Manhunt under way after bombs sent to Democrats, Trump critics
Police found two of the suspicious packages on Friday addressed to US Senator Cory Booker and James Clapper, the former US director of national intelligence, officials said.
The 11th package was addressed to Booker, a Democratic senator from New Jersey, and was discovered at a mail sorting facility in Florida, the FBI said. A 12th package was addressed to Clapper at cable network CNN and was intercepted at a New York City post office, a federal law enforcement official said.
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