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Pipe bomb found at Iowa polling location for local election
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Police: Live pipe bomb found at polling place in Iowa
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‘Live’ pipe bomb diffused outside central Iowa polling place
A polling place in Ankeny was evacuated for about three hours today after a live pipe bomb was found in the parking lot.
According to photographer for
The Des Moines Register who was reporting from the scene, a crew clad in bomb suits surrounded the device and safely detonated it. Voting resumed this afternoon at the precinct where ballots were being cast in a special election in the Ankeny School District.
The Polk County Auditor issued a statement after the polls closed. Jamie Fitzgerald, in a tweet, thanked poll workers, election staff, Ankeny Police, the Iowa State Fire Marshall’s Office and the Des Moines ATF for keeping voters and poll workers safe.
Ankeny police: Device found at polling place confirmed to be live pipe bomb Share Updated: 9:11 PM CST Mar 2, 2021 Share Updated: 9:11 PM CST Mar 2, 2021
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Show Transcript NINE STARTS RIGHT NOW (áááRHEYAááá) BREAKING TONIGHT - ANKENY POLICE CONFIRMED TO KCCI ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO THE SUSPICIOUS DEVICE FOUND OUTSIDE OF A VOTING CENTER TODAY - WAS A LIVE PIPE BOMB. THE DEVICE FOUND BY THE LAKESIDE CENTER WAS IDENTIFIED AS A LIVE PIPE BOMB. FIRE IN THE HOLE! (áááRHEYAááá) BOMB EXPERTS BLEW IT UP LATE THIS MORNING. MORE THAN A DOZEN ANKENY RESIDENTS HAD ALREADY STOPPED BY THE LAKESIDE CENTER TO VOTE WHEN IT WAS FOUND. POLL WORKERS CALLED POLICE WHO THEN CALLED THE ATF AND THE BOMB SQUAD. THE POLLING PLACE WAS EVACUATED AND ELECTION OFFICIALS DIRECTED VOTERS TO ANOTHER POLLING LOCATION. TONIGHT - POLICE ALSO SAID THERE HAVE BEEN NO OTHER PIPE BOMBS OR DEVICES FOUND OR REPORTED IN THE CITY.