An explosive device found in the New York home of billionaire George Soros

The billionaire and American philanthropist George Soros, become a pet peeve of the conspiracy and nationalists European and American, targeted by an attempt of attack? The FBI is investigating this Tuesday after the discovery, the day before, of an explosive device at his home in New York.

Suspicious package in the mailbox

Police in the small, affluent town of Bedford, about 60 kilometers from New York City, said they received a phone call from an employee of George Soros' residence Monday afternoon, reporting that they found a suspicious package in the building. letters box.

The employee opened the package and, seeing that it appeared to be an explosive device, carried it to a wooded area where the police detonated it, according to the police chief's statement. from Bedford.

The US billionaire, 88, was not at home at the time, said a spokeswoman.

The FBI's anti-terror unit mobilized

The file has been forwarded to the FBI's anti-terrorist unit. Contacted Tuesday, the federal police did not give any other information. No arrest has been announced yet.

George Soros, a native of Hungary who became a billionaire thanks to the financial markets, has become in recent years the scapegoat for nationalists and conspirators, in Europe and the United States, who accuse him of supporting illegal immigration through his humanitarian action.

In Europe, its Open Society Foundation transferred its headquarters from Budapest to Berlin in August following the adoption by the Viktor Orban government of a set of laws entitled "Stop Soros".

In the United States, President Trump has also accused the billionaire, a major donor of the Democrats, to fund protesters against the confirmation in the Supreme Court of Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

A Florida Republican congressional representative, Matt Gaetz, last week insinuated in a tweet that George Soros was financially supporting the "caravan" of Honduran migrants currently marching across Mexico towards the US border, at the same time. approach to the mid-term parliamentary elections in the United States.

In late May, pro-Trump actress Roseanne Barr even accused George Soros of Jewish descent to be a "Nazi" before apologizing in June.

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