PHOENIX — A suspicious package delivered to the Yuma County Detention Center is being investigated as an act of terrorism, the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office said in a release.

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The package was duct taped with handwritten threats drawn on it. It was discovered staked into the ground next to an electrical box.

The Yuma Regional Bomb Squad was assigned to neutralize the package.

According to the release, the bomb squad x-rayed the package and confirmed it held item

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