A girl from Iowa says she spotted a bomb in the middle of the street and alerted her mother about the discovery after running back home to safety.
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Eight-year-old Maya Buffington was playing in her neighborhood in Ankeny when she noticed the explosive device from afar and mistook it for a dead small animal at first on Wednesday. ‘I saw something in the street that I thought was a dead squirrel and then went to go look at it and that and (saw) it wasn’t a dead squirrel, I saw something wrapped in tape and cardboard. I thought I had to get away fast and go tell my mom,’ she told KCCI. Her mother immediately notified police and they investigated the scene.
After the investigation, Ankeny police spokesman Sgt. Corey Schneden said they are looking into connecting the dots between the recently found device and a pipe bomb that was discovered in the neighborhood three months prior.
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“Nothing’s been ruled out, but we don’t have anything that points directly that it’s connected. But we don’t have anything that says it’s not. Our ultimate goal is to figure out who’s doing this. We don’t want anyone to get hurt or any property damage.”
The police department is asking the public to come forward with any information and have thoroughly searched through residents’ surveillance cameras to find any answers.