A loud boom is heard. One of the devices exploded as a bomb squad attempted to disarm it with a robot.
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Investigators do not know what the “path of radicalization” was, according to Sweeney. There is “nothing to indicate” that Rahami was previously on the FBI’s radar, he said.
Police checked all garbage cans in the immediate area, but found no other suspicious items.
All trains going through Elizabeth station on both New Jersey Transit and Amtrak lines have been suspended, according to the respective transportation agencies. Elizabeth is located about 16 miles southwest of New York City.
The probes remain “separate investigations”, the FBI and officials in NY said.
Saturday’s explosion shook New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood and sent panicked people scrambling for cover. All 29 victims were released from the hospital, officials said on Sunday. The New Jersey race was canceled and no one was injured.
FBI spokeswoman Kelly Langmesser says agents stopped “a vehicle of interest in the investigation” of the Manhattan explosion Sunday night.
Authorities investigating the New York explosion case were searching on Monday for a 28-year-old New Jersey man who may be armed and risky, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said. The discovery of Tannerite may be important as authorities probe whether the three incidents are connected.
The search for the person or people behind the attack in NY took on added urgency as President Barack Obama and leaders from around the world travel to NY for the annual UN General Assembly this week.
“There is no other individual we’re looking for at this point in time”, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio told the same news conference as he called on New Yorkers to remain vigilant in the aftermath of the incidents. “We’re not taking any options off the table”.
As a precaution, Cuomo said he was deploying an additional 1,000 state troopers and members of the National Guard throughout New York City and police officials promised more officers on the streets ahead of a United Nations meeting on Monday to address the refugee crisis in Syria.
“It could have been something personally motivated. That’s what we know”, said de Blasio, flanked by high-ranking officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the city police and fire departments.
Authorities converged on the apartment just before 6 a.m. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly about an ongoing investigation.
A second pressure cooker device found four blocks away, was disassembled yesterday.
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A bombing during a bustling Saturday night in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood left 29 people injured. He said the unexploded pressure cooker device appeared “similar in design” to the first bomb, but did not provide details. The devices contained different materials and didn’t appear to be connected, officials said, but added that they weren’t ruling anything out yet. A forensic examination of the device and its components will be conducted at the FBI Laboratory at Quantico, Virginia. 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.
