He did call the NY incident a “bombing” before official confirmation and said the USA needed to “get tough”, but that was hardly comparable to his jarring comments on Orlando. Police say it was to be taken to the department firing range in the Bronx.
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So far, no terrorist group has come forward to claim responsibility for either attack, but New York Mayor Andrew Cuomo declared that the NYC explosion was “definitely an act of terrorism”.
The backpack was found in a wastebasket in Elizabeth, New Jersey, outside a neighborhood pub and located about 500 feet from a train trestle, said the city’s mayor Chris Bollwage. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, second left, and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, second right, talk with area residents Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, while touring the site of an explosion that occurred on Saturday night in the.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the person wasn’t authorized to speak about an ongoing investigation.
Some 1,000 extra security personnel are being deployed to New York’s transport hubs, police said.
She would not provide further details, but a government official and a law enforcement source said that five people in the auto were being questioned at an Federal Bureau of Investigation building in lower Manhattan.
A few blocks away from the blast site and shortly after the explosion occurred, investigators found one possible lead: a pressure cooker, with dark-colored wiring sticking out, connected by silver duct tape to what appears to be a cellphone, officials said.
One of the five bombs found in the bag exploded when police tried to disarm it with a robot around 12:30 a.m. Monday morning, but no injuries were reported.
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.
The development comes almost 24 hours after dozens were injured after an explosive device rocked a Chelsea neighborhood.
The explosion was in the busy Chelsea neighbourhood of Manhattan, on West 23rd street, at around 8.30pm.
Law enforcement officials told the Associated Press that at least 5 men were being questioned.
Meanwhile at an NYPD firing range in the Bronx, investigators were planning on Sunday evening to conduct a controlled detonation of the second, unexploded NY device – which appeared to be a rigged pressure-cooker explosive.
“We want to get this guy in for questioning”, de Blasio said on CNN.
No detail about the extent of damage was immediately available.
Police spokesman J. Peter Donald said several people were taken to hospitals with injuries.
Tucto and her friend were waiting for a taxi when they heard and felt the explosion. She said the restaurant went quiet.
There was no immediate word on whether the devices were similar to those in nearby Seaside Park or New York City.
The explosions happened on the same day a pipe bomb went off near a Marine Corps charity run in New Jersey and nine people were stabbed by a man at Minnesota mall – leading some to say America underwent three terror attacks in the space of 12 hours.
Photos posted to social media showed an extensive emergency presence at the scene, with the area between Sixth and Seventh avenues cordoned off.
The bomb went off Saturday night in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, injuring 29 people. New York’s emergency management department says that New Jersey-bound Amtrak trains are being held at New York Penn Station.
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Officials in NY said Sunday they were still trying to determine who was behind an explosion that rocked the Chelsea neighborhood and what the motivation was.
