US: Four MPs and a Senator Received Bomb Threats on Thanksgiving · Global Voices

Bomb threats on Thursday (28.11.2024) received five Democrats politicians in . In all cases no explosive mechanism was found during police investigation, as American media broadcast. MPs Jim Heims, Jahana Hayes, John Larson and Joe Courtney, all of them from Connecticut and representatives of the Democratic Party in Congress, announced on Thanksgiving in the US that threatening bombings were received. “Political violence has no place in this country, I hope we will all be able to celebrate this period in a peaceful and civilised way,” Jim Haims said. As he reported, the police informed him that he received an email stating that “an improvised bomb had been placed in the mailbox of my home.” However, during the investigation conducted no bomb or explosives were found. Local media in Connecticut say a bomb threat was also received by Democratic Senator Chris Murphy. Capitol police did not respond to a request for commentary, Reuters news agency notes. Threats to a bomb were also accepted in previous days and Republican Party officials, including some who have been selected by U.S. elected president Donald Trump for staffing the new government.