Car rams into FBI office entrance in ‘targeted attack’

The suspect placed a US flag onto the damaged gate of the agency’s Pittsburgh building before fleeing the scene, the agency has said

A man has driven a car into the gates of the FBI’s Pittsburgh office, in what the agency described as a targeted attack.

The incident occurred at 2:37am local time on Wednesday, the FBI said. No one was injured.

The suspect, identified as Donald Henson of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, retrieved an American flag from his car and threw it onto the damaged gate before fleeing on foot, according to a statement from the agency.

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