Well-known extremist group revealed as SoCal hospital bomb threat plotters as FBI steps in

Cops and federal authorities are hunting a well-known extremist group behind a terrifying bomb threat at Pasadena hospital.

The  threat targeting Huntington Hospital was called in around 5:49 a.m., Pasadena city spokesperson Lisa Derderian told the California Post.

A bomb threat was made against Huntington Hospital in Pasadena on Friday morning. ABC 7

Huntington Pasadena Hospital. Facebook/Huntington Health Pasadena

Derderian said the menacing call came from a person who identified themselves as part of an extremist group that’s known to law enforcement. Local police have called in the Federal Bureau of Investigation to aid in the investigation, she said.

The hospital campus was declared safe at about 9 a.m. following an exhaustive search and rtesponse by K-9 teams, police officers and firefighters.

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