“We’re working together to conduct a through investigation to find out who is responsible at this time”, Cohen said.
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And investigators are analyzing possible similarities between two devices seized in NY and one that detonated earlier Saturday in New Jersey, including the fact that all three devices apparently contained old-style mobile flip phones, according to officials familiar with the probe.
On Sunday evening, police were examining a black livery vehicle on Madison Avenue and East 39th Street, which appears to have been hit with shrapnel as it passed through the blast area on Saturday night, according to sources.
SEASIDE PARK, N.J. (AP) – Jersey Shore beaches were reopened Sunday as an investigation continued into a pipe bomb explosion at a seaside community before thousands of runners were to participate in a charity 5K race to benefit Marines and sailors. There were no injuries caused by the blast.
Sep 18, 2016- A pipe bomb has exploded on the route of a road race in the USA state of New Jersey, forcing the event to be cancelled but causing no injuries.
A statement issued by Ocean County Police, Fire and EMS said: “An explosive device discharged within a garbage pail at approximately 9:35 am”. But the start of the race had been delayed and no one was in the immediate area when the blast happened. He also said no surrounding structures suffered any apparent damage.
The NYPD confirms yesterday’s pipe bomb explosion in New Jersey is not connected to last night’s explosion in Chelsea.
Officials in Ocean County said a garbage can with at least three explosive devices inside exploded along the course shortly after 9:30 pm, but only one device went off.
The kind of bomb not created to damage buildings but rather to hurt people, as was the case at the Boston Marathon, where 3 people died and 260 were injured in 2013…
Isn’t that what you do as the governor of New Jersey?
“The one went off, and the others did not”, he said.
“You can call them whatever you want – they are terrorism, though”, Christie said on CNN’s “State of the Union”.
Seaside Park police Chief Francis Larken said all residents will be able to return to their homes as of 6 p.m. Residents in the area of C, D and E streets near the beachfront will have to show identification, Larken said.
An explosion erupted Saturday morning near the boardwalk in Seaside Park, New Jersey, according to police sources.
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At the 2013 Boston Marathon, two brothers of Chechen ethnicity who professed allegiance to Islamist militants planted homemade bombs near the finish line of the renowned race.
