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Eugene

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Mon Mar 26, 2018, 09:22 PM Mar 2018

Suspicious packages found at U.S. installations in D.C.

Source: Reuters

U.S. MARCH 26, 2018 / 7:42 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Suspicious packages found at U.S. installations in D.C.

Reuters Staff
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(Reuters) - Suspicious packages were found at multiple U.S. government installations in the Washington, D.C. area on Monday and were being analyzed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to determine their contents, law enforcement officials said.

Among the facilities where the packages turned up were Fort McNair in the southwest District of Columbia and Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia, both U.S. Army installations.

“The FBI responded to multiple government facilities today for the reports of suspicious packages. Each package was collected for further analysis by the FBI,” agency spokesman Andrew Ames said.

At Fort McNair, a suspicious package was delivered at about 8:30 a.m. eastern time, prompting officials to evacuate the building, according to a base spokesman.

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