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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) — Authorities in Utah say two men have
been arrested on suspicion of placing an incendiary device under
a news media vehicle in Salt Lake City. The bomb didn't go off.
Police and fire department bomb squads responded Friday when a
suspicious device was found under the vehicle parked near an
occupied building.
Investigators determined the bomb “had been lit but failed to
function as designed,” according to court records cited by CBS
affiliate KUTV.
The FBI identified two suspects and served a search warrant at a
home in the Magna neighborhood west of the city's downtown. Two
men, ages 58 and 31, were arrested and could face charges
related to weapons possession and threats of terrorism, ABC
affiliate KTVX reported Sunday.
Neighboring homes were evacuated during the search, which turned
up explosives and “explosive-related components,” firearms,
illegal narcotics and other paraphernalia, court records say.
Authorities say they also found at least two devices that turned
out to be hoax weapons of mass destruction.
There was no information about a possible motive and the
relationship between the two suspects wasn't immediately known.
News media have descended on Salt Lake City following last
week's assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie
Kirk.
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