The Democratic governor said the preliminary investigation didn’t appear to show a link to worldwide terror, and he noted that no terror group had taken credit for it.
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A powerful explosion rocked a bustling New York City neighborhood and injured at least 29 people on Saturday and another suspicious device was discovered blocks away and safely removed, according to various news reports.
The New York Times quoted an anonymous city official as saying, “We don’t understand the target or the significance of it”. One of three pipe bombs placed in the receptacle blew up.
A number of New York City subway routes were affected by the explosion, which rattled some New Yorkers and visitors on the heels of the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.
Another bomb was found nearby, apparently built inside a pressure cooker. It did not detonate. “We’ll see what it is”, Trump continued.
The explosion occurred in a highly populated area, especially on a Saturday night, officials say. More officers than usual covered the streets of NY, ensuring that people felt like they were safe, despite the earlier explosion.
Lopez saw other victims bleeding from small spherical fragments and metal shards.
Hillary Clinton says she has been briefed “about the bombings in NY and New Jersey and the attack in Minnesota”. The second device found four blocks from the crowded sidewalk was a pressure cooker with dark wiring connected to a cell phone with silver duct tape. He said all 29 people injured have been released from the hospital, adding that based on the damage he saw we are lucky no one was killed. “We have no credible and specific threat at this moment”. “A few friends of mine saw glass there”. He did not give any further details.The second site of investigation on 27th Street also involved “a device”, the officer said, and police were also examining a third site of interest but it was not clear whether it was an explosive device.
“There was also an incident in Seaside Park, N.J. They’re also taking that material to Quantico to review that material also”, Cuomo said.
Martinez said the couple were driving through Chelsea when their auto was lifted up by the force of the blast, damaging the left side of the vehicle.
“I blacked out, and the next thing you know I’m in an ambulance”, he said.
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His presidential rival, Hillary Clinton, says she doesn’t want to speculate on the causes of the blast until more facts come to hand. “Thought I was close to not seeing my son again, that was the scariest part”. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the person wasn’t authorized to speak about an ongoing investigation.
