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FBI Arrests Man in Connection with Suspicious Packages Sent to US Military
Sites

by VOA News

   The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a man for allegedly
   sending suspicious packages to several U.S. military and intelligence
   installations in the Washington area.

   The man has been been identified as 43-year-old Thanh Cong Phan, who
   the FBI said was taken into custody Monday at his home in the town of
   Everett in the northwestern U.S. state of Washington.

   The FBI has not said whether a motive has been determined but he is
   scheduled to appear in federal court later Tuesday.

   The FBI said its examination of the packages determined they contained
   "potential destructive devices and appeared to be sent by the same
   individual."

   More than a half-dozen packages were shipped, including to Fort McNair
   in the nation's capital and Fort Belvoir in northern Virginia, both
   U.S. Army bases. They were also delivered to Joint Base
   Anacostia-Bolling, a military base in Washington, the Naval Surface
   Warfare Center in northern Virginia and the Central Intelligence
   Agency, also in northern Virginia.

   The packages were sent to the Washington area days after a string of
   deadly string of deadly bombings in Austin, Texas killed two people and
   wounded four others. The suspected bomber in Texas, Mark Conditt,
   killed himself as police approached him while he was in his vehicle.