University City, Missouri - Neighborhood Calm After Threats, Crude Bombs

University City, Missouri - Police are patrolling the streets and residents are remaining calm in a University City neighborhood of several Orthodox Jewish families that has been the target of threatening letters and homemade bombs.

Letters were left on cars in the neighborhood just to the north of Delmar Boulevard, which has four synagogues. The letters appeared to be photocopies and said, "We are the people your mother warned you about," and "We know your every move." They were signed, "The People," and had "666" at the bottom, a swastika was also written at the bottom of the letter.
Two nights later, families were awakened at 3 a.m. by explosions, the next morning, they found two fertilizer bombs made of 2-liter soda bottles that had exploded in a front yard. Nothing was damaged.

Police are trying to determine who is behind the threats, and in the meantime can often be seen driving up and down the streets.
Members of an Orthodox Jewish family that lives nearby said they were not overly concerned. "There are always kids that do pranks and want to scare people," said the mother, who did not want to give her name.