WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Police in Sunrise, the U.S. state of Florida, said Wednesday they were investigating a suspicious package sent to the district office of Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
The package was found hours after suspicious devices were sent to former President Barack Obama, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as well as to CNN's offices in New York.
The building that houses the Democratic lawmaker's office was evacuated after the suspicious package was discovered in the mail, according to the Sunrise police.
"ALERT!!! We are working an investigation of a suspicious package near Sawgrass Corporate Parkway," the Sunrise Police Department tweeted.
"There have been no reports of any other incidents or suspicious packages at any other venues within Sunrise," it said in another tweet.
The incident came as the U.S. Secret Service announced earlier in the day that it has intercepted two suspicious packages addressed to Obama and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
The packages were identified during routine mail screening procedures as "potential explosive devices."
The package intended for Obama was intercepted in Washington D.C. on Wednesday morning, and the one intended for Clinton was addressed to her in Westchester County, New York, on Tuesday, the Secret Service said in a statement.
"Both packages were intercepted prior to being delivered to their intended location," according to the agency. "The protectees did not receive the packages nor were they at risk of receiving them."
The devices were recovered after an explosive device was found earlier this week in a mailbox at the Bedford, state of New York, home of billionaire investor and major Democratic donor George Soros.
Also on Wednesday morning, the New York Police Department responded to a suspicious device found in the Time Warner Center in New York City, where CNN has a bureau. The building was evacuated.
The White House said it condemned the "attempted violent attacks."
"We condemn the attempted violent attacks recently made against President Obama, President Clinton, Secretary Clinton, and other public figures," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement.
"These terrorizing acts are despicable, and anyone responsible will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law," she added.
