The Daily Populous Monday September 15th, 2025 evening edition
Authored by abcnews.go.com and submitted by barredman

It was found under a vehicle parked near an occupied building.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Authorities in Utah say two men have been arrested on suspicion of placing an incendiary device under a news media vehicle in Salt Lake City. The bomb didn't go off.

Police and fire department bomb squads responded Friday when a suspicious device was found under the vehicle parked near an occupied building.

Investigators determined the bomb “had been lit but failed to function as designed,” according to court records cited by CBS affiliate KUTV.

The FBI identified two suspects and served a search warrant at a home in the Magna neighborhood west of the city's downtown. Two men, ages 58 and 31, were arrested and could face charges related to weapons possession and threats of terrorism, ABC affiliate KTVX reported Sunday.

Neighboring homes were evacuated during the search, which turned up explosives and “explosive-related components,” firearms, illegal narcotics and other paraphernalia, court records say. Authorities say they also found at least two devices that turned out to be hoax weapons of mass destruction.

There was no information about a possible motive and the relationship between the two suspects wasn't immediately known.

News media have descended on Salt Lake City following last week's assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk.

black_flag_4ever on September 15th, 2025 at 00:47 UTC »

> Investigators determined the bomb “had been lit but failed to function as designed,” according to court records cited by CBS affiliate KUTV.

Thank god for incompetence.

Zelda_is_Dead on September 15th, 2025 at 00:41 UTC »

What the hell is going on in Utah? Did someone order extra chem trails for them or something? /s

MalcolmLinair on September 15th, 2025 at 00:38 UTC »

This is just going to get worse from here. More extreme, more frequent, and deadlier.