Two explosive devices were discovered Sunday and Monday hidden at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Tampa, Florida, prompting partial evacuations, police said Monday.
The devices were deactivated and removed from the property, Seminole police said in a statement.
The first “crude hidden device with fireworks components” was found shortly before midnight on Sunday evening in a men’s room next to the casino. The device was “quickly deactivated with the cooperation and support of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Disposal Team,” police said. “A portion of the casino was immediately evacuated and then reopened around 3 a.m. after the device was deactivated and removed.”
During the investigation into the first device, a second hidden explosive device was discovered in a men’s room on the mezzanine floor of the casino shortly after noon Monday, Seminole police said. The mezzanine was evacuated and the second device was also deactivated and removed with assistance from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s bomb disposal team.
The Seminole Police Department said it was cooperating with the FBI and reviewing surveillance footage as part of the ongoing investigation.
All areas of the casino have reopened, police said Monday.
