No bomb found at Iowa site – Alert
No bomb was found at OCI NV’s Iowa Fertilizer Co. plant under construction in Wever, Iowa, according to local reports. A message that a bomb would go off Tuesday, July 21 at noon, was found in a portable restroom July 20.
The facility was evacuated while authorities searched the site.
The $2 billion facility has not begun production and is not expected to do so until November.
Authorities speculated that the threat could have resulted from a disgruntled employee as there have been layoffs and labor unrest at the facility in recent months.
OCI had not responded to inquiries at press time.