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Bomb found at philanthropist George Soros’s home

Federal investigators were reviewing surveillance video to determine whether the package had been sent through the post or delivered another way.

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Post boxes stand outside the entrance to a house owned by philanthropist George Soros

A bomb was found in a post box at the suburban New York compound of billionaire philanthropist George Soros, who has been the target of conspiracy theorists.

Federal investigators were reviewing surveillance video to determine whether the package had been sent through the post or delivered another way.

A security officer at the compound about 50 miles north of Manhattan became suspicious of the package on Monday afternoon and placed it in a nearby wooded area before alerting the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

George Soros
George Soros is frequently targeted by conspiracy theorists (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Agents came out and safely detonated the device, which a federal law enforcement official said contained explosive powder.

“It was not a hoax device,” said an official.

Another federal official said the device resembled a pipe bomb and was inside a package placed in a post box outside the gates of the compound. It was opened in a secure location just inside the gates, nowhere near Mr Soros’ quarters, the official said.

The Bedford Police Department said the FBI’s terrorism task force was investigating.

The FBI’s New York field office said on Twitter that there was “no threat to public safety”.

Mr Soros, who made his fortune in hedge funds, frequently donates to liberal causes.

The entrance to a house owned by George Soros
(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Recently, conservative critics have accused him without evidence of secretly financing the caravan of Central American migrants making their way towards the US.

Mr Soros, who is Jewish, has also been the target of anti-Semitic smears. Some have falsely accused him of being a Nazi collaborator during the Second World War, when he was a child in Hungary.

Activists frequently post on social media the addresses of his homes, sometimes along with threats.

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