Authorities are looking for a naturalized citizen from Afghanistan for questioning in a weekend explosion in a Manhattan neighborhood that injured 29 people as the governor conceded Monday that investigators could no longer rule out worldwide terrorism. “We’ve increased our police presence in each of these events”, said senior NY police officer Carlos Gomez.
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The New York Police Department says it is looking for a 28-year-old man for questioning in the New York City bombing. “We have no credible and specific threat at this moment”.
New Jersey Transit service trains resumed service on the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast Line at 5:30 a.m. Monday, but they faced residual delays because service was suspended after the devices were found.
Police recovered video from both scenes in Manhattan including images of the explosion itself, New York Police Commissioner James O’Neill said. “We’re not going to let them instill fear”.
It was unclear who was behind the blast and what motivated it.
Local law enforcement and the FBI are investigating. It took place at a police facility in the Bronx on Sunday evening.
The blast is understood to have originated from a device placed in a pressure cooker outside the Associated Blind Housing facility at 135 West 23rd Street.
While all 29 people who were injured in the NY bombing have been released from the hospital, three of those hurt in Minnesota remain hospitalised, officials said. He said the other injuries were minor, described as scrapes and bruises. Peter Donald tweeted the NYPD has “safely” removed a suspicious package from West 27th Street “for further analysis”.
The explosion left many rattled in a city that had marked the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks only a week earlier.
The alleged 22-year-old Somali-American assailant was shot dead by an off-duty police officer, and the incident is now being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a potential act of terrorism. “Everyone just went quiet”.
“It was extremely loud, nearly like thunder but louder”, said Rudy Alcide, a bouncer at a nightclub near the blast.
Reporters for two United States news outlets said a loud explosion was heard in the area early on Monday. “It was extremely loud, nearly like thunder, but louder”.
The two USA presidential candidates weighed in on the NY bombing.
Police arrive on the scene of the explosion in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood on Saturday night. The suspect was believed to be dead.
FBI official William Sweeney said federal investigators would be pouring through online traffic, individuals and organizations.
The blast happened at around 8.30pm NY time on Saturday, around 1.30am on Sunday UK time. He made the announcement minutes after stepping off his plane during a rally at an airport hangar in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Citing the FBI, New Jersey State Police said Monday that the bombs in Chelsea and the New Jersey shore town Seaside Park were connected. We better get very, very tough. This is freedom. This is democracy, and we are not going to allow them to take that from us.
He said after the news about the explosion in Chelsea, New York brokeout, the embassy immediately contacted the Filipino community in Manhattan to inquire if their relatives or friends had been reported hurt in the blast and the initial findings is negative.
A spokeswoman for Trump did not respond to an email asking whether Trump was briefed about the incident before taking the stage.
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Sunday there was still no indication that an explosion that injured 29 people in Manhattan on Saturday was linked to worldwide terrorism, while investigators scoured the scene of the blast.
