Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, said the bombing was a “terrible thing” and vowed to “get tough”, while his democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, condemned the “apparent terrorist attacks” in Minnesota, New Jersey and NY.
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Investigators continue to search for links between two bombs planted in the Chelsea area of Manhattan on Saturday night, one of which exploded injuring 29 people.
NY went on full alert, deploying almost 1,000 extra state police and National Guardsmen to airports, bus terminals and subway stations as President Barack Obama arrived in the city ahead of Tuesday’s opening of the UN General Assembly.
At a press conference Saturday night, the mayor cautioned that the investigation was still in the early stages and there was little that authorities could definitively say about the explosion.
In a statement on Sunday, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said: “I strongly condemn the apparent terrorist attacks in Minnesota, New Jersey, and NY”.
After cordoning off the area, a bomb squad used a robot to cut a wire to try to disable the device, but inadvertently set off an explosion, he said.
What we know: Investigators found “some components indicative of an IED” at the explosion site, New York Police Commissioner James O’Neill said.
The incident took place less than 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Manhattan.
Two men scavenging trash near the train station found a suspicious package containing what could have been a live bomb in a wastebasket, Mayor Christian Bollwage said. The vehicle in question is reportedly connected to the NY bombing, possibly one that was caught on one of the many surveillance videos from the area in question.
New developments in the NY bombing incident that took place on Saturday are being reported late Sunday night. “And that’s how we will prosecute it”, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
The bombs used in the Boston Marathon bombing were built using instructions that the pair of brothers behind the attack found in al Qaeda’s “Inspire” online magazine.
INVESTIGATORS on Sunday probed three attacks carried out on U.S. soil in one day – a Manhattan bombing, a Minnesota mass stabbing and a New Jersey pipe bomb blast – for possible terror links, as five people were reportedly held in NY. The news from New York City rippled across the campaign trail Sunday with both presidential candidates commenting on the bombing.
New Yorkers will see an increased police presence around the city, de Blasio said.
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.
No evidence has yet emerged tying the devices to known extremist groups. Members of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force were investigating the blast along with New York Police Department detectives, fire marshals and other federal investigators.
The United States has experienced a series of deadly attacks over the past year by gunmen inspired by Islamic State, which has been fighting a long civil war in Syria. A man who claimed allegiance to the group fatally shot 49 people at an Orlando, Florida, nightclub in June, just over six months after a married couple massacred 14 in San Bernardino, California.
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Investigators on Sunday sifted through blast remnants, examined video and scoured the scene of an explosion that wounded 29 people in Manhattan, attempting to establish if there were any links to global terrorism. It was not immediately possible to verify that assertion.
