The incident occurred at approximately 8:30 PM, EST at 131 West 23rd Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues; 29 people were injured, 24 transported to hospital.
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“We know it was a very serious incident, but we have a lot more work to do to be able to say what kind of motivation was behind this”, de Blasio told reporters Sunday. It was intentional. It was a violent act.
The discovery of Tannerite in materials recovered from the Saturday night explosion that injured 29 people may be important as authorities probe whether the blast was connected to an unexploded pressure-cooker device found by state troopers just blocks away, as well as a pipe bomb blast in a New Jersey shore town earlier in the day.
A law enforcement official told The Associated Press that a second device that officers investigated four blocks from the scene appeared to be a pressure cooker attached to wiring and a cellphone. The sources said they have seen a photo of the object.
Not far from the explosion, another homemade device was found. This refusal angered many people on social media, who can’t understand how an explosive device placed in a dumpster could have any intent other than terrorizing the city.
Separately in Minnesota state, a man was shot dead by police after he stabbed eight people in a shopping mall.
“It was an extremely loud noise, everything was shaking, the windows were shaking, it was insane”, he said. “We all ran out and went down the street”. It was like you could feel it inside of you.
The “exact nature and cause of this explosion has not yet been determined”, O’Neill says. The explosion was captured on video, he said. “Yes, we have to move in that direction, but right now we’re not ready to make those calls yet”, Boyce said of the device.
He said it was too soon to say if the bombings were a terrorist act.
A Joint Terrorism Task Force, made up of different law enforcement agencies, has been called in to investigate, indicating the authorities have not ruled out the possibility of a terror link.
President Barack Obama has been “apprised” of the situation, according to a White House official.
The fire department said the explosion happened at 23rd Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan.
“We have to let this investigation unfold”, she said.
It is not as bohemian as many have thought in previous times, Quest says.
Police presence will increase throughout the city this week, officials said.
Firefighters help clear the scene of the explosion.
Police are searching for other possible devices in the area.
Facebook activated its “Safety Check” feature so that users can easily notify friends and family members of their status.
Leo Calderon, who also works at the kennel club, said the explosion brought back memories of 9/11 when he was 13 and attending school very close to the World Trade Center.
It was later sent to an NYPD range in the Bronx aboard a special containment vessel, the New York City mayor Bill de Blasio’s office said.
Federal investigators in Quantico, Virginia, were continuing to see if there was any connection between the blast and a pipe bomb explosion hours earlier in Seaside Park in neighbouring New Jersey that took place before a charity road race to benefit military personnel. No one was hurt. The official says in the NY incident, the device that exploded had residue from an explosive called Tannerite.
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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”.
