A suspicious package was delivered to the home of US Senator Rand Paul on Monday, with the FBI and Capitol Hill police launching a probe into the incident.
“I take these threats immensely seriously. As a repeated target of violence, it is reprehensible that Twitter allows C-list celebrities to encourage violence against me and my family”, Paul said in a tweet late on Monday.
Politico reported that the suspicious package contained white powder, while Axios cited a representative of the senator to be saying that the large envelope also had an image containing a death threat.
“FBI Louisville is working with the Warren County Sheriff’s Office and the Capitol Police by providing forensic and technical support,” an FBI spokesman told the media. — Reuters
