The Essex County Bomb Squad defused an explosive device found in Jewish cemetery in Newark.

Officials say that the device was attached to a headstone at the B'nai Abraham Cemetery on South 19th Street and South Orange Avenue Monday.

The homemade explosive consisted of a non-military mortar taped to a container of lubricant, according to authorities. Investigators say that the device was not capable of exploding.

Officials say that they do not believe that the incident was a hate crime.

No arrests have been made.