He said authorities are investigating the stabbing as a potential act of terrorism. The race was cancelled and no one was hurt.
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The vehicle was stopped around 9:30 pm heading east on the Belt Parkway from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which connects the NY city boroughs Brooklyn and Staten Island. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorised to speak publicly about an ongoing investigation.
In this Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016 frame from video provided by Orangetheory Fitness Chelsea, a door shatters after an explosion in the Chelsea neighborhood of NY. An unexploded pressure-cooker device was also found four blocks away. On Sunday night, police blew up the device, rendering it safe.
The news comes as investigators are also examining a suspicious device found in a rubbish bin near a New Jersey railway station, with the United States on high alert.
The Fire Department says the blast was reported shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday on West 23rd Street in the Chelsea section of Manhattan.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami could be armed and unsafe.
Associated Press writer Alicia A. Caldwell contributed to this report from Washington, D.C.
The latest developments came just hours after a backpack containing multiple bombs was found Sunday night near an Elizabeth, New Jersey, train station, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the city’s mayor.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and police officials are expected to brief reporters at the scene. Officials said 29 people were injured.
Twenty-nine people were injured and 24 people were taken to hospital.
In a statement on Monday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said that investigation “suggests [the explosion] may be foreign related, but we’ll see where it goes”.
A second device was discovered blocks away, removed by a bomb squad robot and is being examined at a police facility.
Authorities say there was no structural damage from the blast.
Authorities this morning identified a suspect in connection with the New York City bombing Saturday evening that injured 29 people.
“Everything that needs to be done is being done and more”, Cuomo said.
Sources tell ABC News that authorities believe all of this past weekend’s incidents – explosions in Seaside Park and Chelsea explosion, the un-exploded pressure cooker on West 27th Street, and the devices found/detonated at the Elizabeth train station – are connected.
Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent William Sweeney said there was “no indication” the suspect was acting as part of a terror cell. Most of the injuries were minor.
The Democratic governor also said that 1,000 additional law enforcement officers were being deployed as a precaution.
As many as five potential explosive devices tumbled out of the backpack when it was emptied, Bollwage said. Mayor Bill de Blasio ruled out any terror connections, but called the blast an “intentional act”.
The spokesman said the New York City Police Department has yet to determine what type of explosive caused the blast.
An explosion that occurred on Saturday in Manhattan, New York, US, has injured almost 29 people, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has said.
The official says two officers were shot in the encounter in Linden, New Jersey.
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The blast is under investigation. No cellphones or electronic timing devices were found, Bollwage said.
