Two suspects are in custody after an incendiary device was found under a car belonging to KSTU, a local TV station generally known as Fox 13 News Utah.
The incendiary device “had been lit but failed to function as designed,” in accordance with court docket data obtained by NCS affiliate KUTV.
The device was found in Salt Lake City on Friday, two days after Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University, about 45 minutes south of the Utah capital.
KUTV reported that two suspects have been arrested after FBI brokers and local bomb squads converged on a house in Magna, Utah.
Additional explosives, together with firearms, unlawful narcotics and different paraphernalia, have been found in the house, in accordance with court docket data.
Photos and movies from the scene confirmed anti-Trump indicators on show outdoors the house.
Fox 13 News Utah is owned by Scripps. Stations like Fox 13 are affiliated with the Fox community however aren’t immediately a part of the Fox News Channel, the pro-Trump cable news community.
The station confirmed the news about its car on Sunday night time and mentioned, “FOX 13 News is working closely with law-enforcement and our risk management team, with the safety of our employees as our top priority.”
Both nationwide and local media shops have stepped up safety efforts in the wake of the Kirk assassination.