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Local,
state, and federal law enforce-
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ment collected evidence and sent the
bomb components to the FBI Laborato-
ry in Quantico, Virginia, where experts
looked for fingerprints, DNA, and oth-
er clues.
to report he had seen
similar-look-
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ing device days earlier on a nearby
bridge.
He did not call police at the time,
but he had taken photos of it with
his cell phone.
The Laboratory’s experts provided
on-scene investigators with a steady On February 4, another bomb-like
stream of actionable leads and infor-
object was found, placed in a black
mation based on their findings.
box with a letter that pledged al-
The next day, after word of the inci- legiance to the Islamic State and
dent got out, another resident called said the community was no lon-
the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office ger safe.
(Several bombs and other boxes containing notes pledging allegiance to the Islamic State and claims
that “War has been declared” were found in part of Anderson County since January 30, according to FBI
testimony in a hearing for the person of interest who was federal court Thursday in Greenville. Posted
on Mar 8, 2018.)
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