By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The FBI is investigating the discovery of an explosive device in a backpack outside a police department in a small Colorado town.
The bag was found by a Nederland place detective and discovered “suspicious articles” that were later deemed to be an improvised explosive device, police Marshal Paul Carrill said, the Associated Press reports.
The backpack was searched by two robots, and the device was found to be active but failed to detonate.
“It’s difficult to interpret why someone would do this,” said Carrill, who declined to disclose if police have identified the backpack’s owner. “It is my hope and intent, for the health and safety of the community to get to the bottom of why.”
Carroll is asking the public to come forward with information because “the individual or individuals who may have assembled this could be a risk to their neighbors.”
