He described the community as military centered, with lots of veterans and active duty military personnel. The pipe bomb was in a plastic garbage can when it exploded, Della Fave said, but the immediate area where the blast occurred was mostly empty at the time.
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“Now, who is responsible is something else and what the motive was is something else that hopefully we are going to find out in the days ahead”, he said. MacArthur said that person needs to be “tracked down and brought to justice”.
Andrew Cuomo said the two devices in NY – a bomb that exploded Saturday night in the Chelsea neighborhood and an unexploded pressure-cooker device found nearby – were similar to one another.
“You can call them whatever you want – they are terrorism, though”, Christie said on CNN’s “State of the Union”.
He declined further comment, citing the ongoing investigation. They also said there was nothing to reports of another explosive device near the site of the explosion.
The start of the road run was delayed, which avoided a large number of runners in the area, the office said.
Authorities including the Federal Bureau of Investigation were in the town and were investigating the possibility there was at least one other unexploded device, the office said. Al Della Fave, spokesman for the Ocean County Prosecutor’s office, said, “this does not appear to be a prank”.
The explosion occurred shortly before thousands of runners were due to take part in a charity 5K race to benefit marines and sailors.
Authorities said the lag in the start of the race, reportedly because of late registrations, proved fortuitous, as the bomb went off before runners were on the race course.
No one was injured in the blast on Ocean Avenue in the town of Seaside Park, which happened at around 9.30am, shortly before 3,000 runners were due to take part in a charity race to benefit U.S. marines and sailors.
A device exploded in a garbage pail in the USA state of New Jersey on Saturday along the route of a planned road run, local prosecutor’s office said.
The explosion occurred at approximately 9:30 a.m.
The bomb in Manhattan happened just hours after a pipe bomb exploded in New Jersey beach.
Just after the explosion, Della Fave said, the area was placed on lockdown, and police deployed bomb detection dogs.
The race, which had been expected to start at 9 a.m., had been expected to draw 3,000 people, including runners, volunteers and spectators.
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The devices in New Jersey contained black powder, which is an easily attainable explosive ingredient, several law enforcement officials told CNN. The beaches and boardwalk were reopened in Seaside Park on Sunday.
