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The New York Police Department responded to a report of a suspicious package in the Tribeca neighborhood of Lower Manhattan.
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A police officer blocks off an area responding to reports of a suspicious package in the Tribeca neighborhood in New York on Thursday.(Photo: Ron DePasquale, AP)

A suspicious package was discovered in the Tribeca neighborhood of Lower Manhattan Thursday morning, a day after at least seven bombs were delivered to prominent Democratic politicians and media figures.

Within the hour, the package had been removed from the location, the New York Police Department tweeted.

The package was found at a downtown Manhattan site linked to actor and frequent critic of President Trump, Robert De Niro. “At approximately 4 a.m. police received responded to a call about a suspicious package at 375 Greenwich,” Jerry Varson with the New York Police Department confirmed to USA TODAY Thursday morning.

De Niro has been openly critical of Trump, knocking him as a “baby-in-chief” at the National Board of Review Awards in January and cursing the president at the Tony Awards in June.

The package, sent to the building housing De Niro’s Tribeca Grill and the office of his film production company, is similar to a package that included a return address that belonged to Democratic Florida Rep. Debbie Wbaderman Schultz, NBC News reports.

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The police department had tweeted earlier Thursday that “we are responding to reports of a suspicious package in the vicinity of Greenwich and Franklin streets in Tribeca, Manhattan. Please avoid the area and expect a police presence and heavy traffic. More information to follow.”

Also early Thursday, a package addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden was intercepted at a Delaware mail facility, the Associated Press reported. The package was similar to those containing bombs.

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On Thursday, without directly referencing the explosive devices, President Trump again blamed the media for the “anger” in society.

“A very big part of the Anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media that I refer to as Fake News,” he said in a morning tweet. “It has gotten so bad and hateful that it is beyond description. Mainstream Media must clean up its act, FAST!”

Thursday’s package in New York City was the latest in a seemingly coordinated coast-to-coast attack on prominent liberals.

Those sent packages included: former President Obama in Washington, former Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton in suburban New York, Rep. Debbie Wbaderman Schultz in South Florida, the Westchester County, New York, residence of philanthropist and Democratic donor George Soros, along with CNN and two addressed to Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif.

Authorities said Wednesday’s pipe bombs were packed with shards of glbad and were intercepted. None detonated, and no one was hurt.

One of the explosives was sent to CNN, which prompted the evacuation of the Time Warner Center in Manhattan, where CNN has offices.

Contributing: Associated Press; The Delaware News-Journal

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