When Baboolal walked outside, “I saw a lot of people, a lot of cops, the fire people, a lot of ambulances were here”, she said.
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Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation at the scene of the bombing.
As world leaders descend on NY for the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly this week, de Blasio said security would stepped up across the city.
After landing in suburban New York City, Clinton told reporters she had been briefed “about the bombings in New York and New Jersey and the attacks in Minnesota”.
The powerful explosion injured 29 people in the busy neighborhood of Chelsea on Saturday evening. They have all since been released from hospital.
New Yorkers were encouraged to remain vigilant Sunday, and call police with any information they may have about either device.
Asked if the threat of violence, whether through bombings, mass shootings or terror, was “a new normal”, Kaine said: “I don’t accept that”.
Police presence will increase throughout the city this week, officials said. This, of course, is ground central for the Chelsea neighborhood explosion that took place Saturday night. Authorities are investigating all three incidents as possible terror acts.
Still, O’Neill, who was sworn in just a day before the blast, said the situation had him anxious.
“We’re not going to let them win”, Mr Cuomo said at the scene.
On the Tumblr page, the individual equates Donald Trump and the entire Republican Party with racism saying white people are to blame for inequality and police violence, according to Pix11.
A second device was found four blocks from the blast site. Cuomo said evidence gathered in the Chelsea incident is headed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters in Quantico for analysis.
“We will find whoever did this or whatever group did this and they will be brought to justice, period”, Cuomo said. Now, multiple law enforcement officials tell ABC News that there is a man who is seen on surveillance images recovered from both the 23rd Street and 27th Street locations who police would like to talk to.
A screenshot of a Tumblr post by a person claiming to be responsible for a violent attack in Chelsea on September 18, 2016. “It’s a awful thing what’s going on in our world, what’s going on in our country, but we are going to get tough and smart and vigilant and we are going to end it”.
Clinton said of the Minnesota attack, “this should steel our resolve to protect our country and defeat ISIS”.
United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric told VOA that officials assess security needs inside the United Nations complex on a daily basis.
He pointed out that security outside the U.N.is the responsibility of the host country. She said, “we need to do everything we can to support our first responders – also to pray for the victims”. The official wasn’t authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation by name and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
A second device was located on 27th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenue. A robot removed the device safely. The explosive device was placed in a trash can in that incident, NBC New York reported. A USA official said the Joint Terrorism Task Force, an interagency group of federal, state and local officials, was responding to the blast, suggesting authorities have not ruled out the possibility of a terror attack. Watch Gov. Cuomo’s full briefing here: Multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News that Tannerite, an explosive used for making exploding targets for firearms practice, is the likely source of the West 23rd Street detonation.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio called Saturday night’s explosion an “intentional” act.
An explosion on a residential street in the Chelsea neighborhood injured 29 people.
Without knowing the motivations behind the explosion it’s premature to label the blast a terror attack, “unless you want to define terrorism as any violent act in an urban area”, she said.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says there’s no evidence that an explosion that rocked a crowded Manhattan neighborhood, injuring 29 people, had any link to worldwide terrorism.
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Governor Cuomo said the materials used in the New Jersey bomb appeared to be different. Typically, national political figures use caution when describing unfolding situations and law enforcement actions. He added: “The initial indication is this was an intentional act”.
