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(Norwalk, IA) -- A potential explosive device discovered along a Norwalk bike trail has been secured by police.
Officers responded earlier this morning to reports of a suspicious backpack in the 500 block of Beardsley Street.
The Des Moines Police Department Bomb Squad was called in to investigate and determined that the backpack contained a device with energetic materials.
The squad safely disassembled the items, and police say the investigation remains ongoing.