Police in Utah arrested two men for allegedly placing a live bomb underneath a news media vehicle.

Adeeb Nasir, 58, and Adil Justice Ahme Nasir, 31, were taken into custody in Salt Lake City on Sunday, according to a probable cause statement reviewed by KUTV.

Bomb squads with the Salt Lake City Police Department and officials with the Unified Fire Authority responded to reports of a suspicious device on Friday.

They soon discovered an incendiary device was placed under a vehicle operated by an unknown media outlet, near an occupied building, per the records.

The explosive device 'had been lit but failed to function as designed,' the legal document stated.