Explosive device is thrown onto porch of the Satanic Temple in Salem, Massachusetts, spurring federal and local probe

Police and an FBI joint terrorism task force are investigating after an explosive device was thrown onto the porch of The Satanic Temple in Salem, Massachusetts, early Monday, authorities said.

No one was in the building when the explosive was thrown just after 4 a.m., but staff arrived in the afternoon to find the device and discover the building had been damaged, Salem police said in a news release.

State police bomb technicians cleared the device and explosives detection dogs swept the area for any other devices, police said. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also assisted. Details about the damage weren’t immediately released.

The Satanic Temple said it was unable to comment due to the ongoing investigation by the Salem Police Department and the FBI, according to a statement posted Tuesday on Facebook.

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