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Soros, one of the world's biggest donors to liberal groups and
causes, has become a hate figure for right-wing campaigners in
the United States and eastern Europe, and the target of a
hostile media campaign by the nationalist government in his
native Hungary.
An employee at the home in Katonah, New York, opened the
package, revealing what appeared to be an explosive device.
Soros was not home at the time, the New York Times reported.
Authorities were contacted at around 3:45 p.m., the Town of
Bedford Police Department said in a statement.
Bomb squad technicians detonated the package in a nearby wooded
area, police told the newspaper.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation was looking into the
incident, police said.
A Hungarian government spokesman said: "The matter falls under
the jurisdiction of U.S. authorities. After all, the incident
occurred there." He declined to comment further.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; additional reporting
by Gergely Szakacs in Budapest; Editing by John Stonestreet)
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