No Terror, Just Books

Members of the FBI​’s Joint Terrorism Task Force were in Derby Wednesday, Nov. 9 to look at trash thrown out by a former Elizabeth Street resident.

The FBI was notified after employees from the city’s Department of Public Works found several books that ​“referred to Islamic terrorism” in the trash outside an apartment, according to a police department monthly report.

Turns out some of the books were actually co-authored by a former tenant in the apartment. The books dealt with ​“historical Middle Eastern terrorism issues,” according to police.

The FBI determined that neither the man nor his discarded books were suspicious.

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