CNN headquarters in New York (USA) urgently evacuated due to bomb threat
CNN's New York headquarters were evacuated after a bomb threat, the station's editor tweeted.
Police quickly arrived at the scene and blocked off Route 58, where the headquarters of theCNNat the Time Warner building.
An alarm blared in the CNN production room at around 10:30 p.m. on December 6, signaling an evacuation.
Editor Lemon said someone called from the southern United States saying there were five bombs waiting to explode in the building.
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| Police blocked off the road where CNN headquarters is located. Photo: Twitter |
"We were asked to evacuate the building and were urged to do so as soon as possible," said an editor standing outside the building waiting for the bomb squad to sweep inside.
In October, the office ofCNNwere also evacuated for similar reasons. Cesar Sayoc, a Trump supporter, sent a package containing a pipe bomb to the Time Warner building. Several Democrats, including former President Obama and Hillary Clinton, later received similar packages.
Sayoc was arrested on October 26 and will likely face a 48-year prison sentence after sending a total of 16 bombs./.