Police guard the area as they search for an explosive device on West 27th Street and 7th Avenue in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, in NY, early Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016.
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An explosion that ripped through a busy Manhattan neighbourhood injuring at least 29 people was an “intentional act”, according to the authorities.
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Remaining circumspect about the exact nature of the actual explosion, De Blasio said early indications were that it was “an intentional act”. Police say it was to be taken to the department firing range in the Bronx.
The explosion was in a dumpster outside a 14-story residence for the blind, the New York Post reported.
Nobody was injured in the New Jersey incident, which occurred at a time when a 5k run to benefit U.S. Marines and sailors was scheduled, but the race was delayed because so many runners had signed up. Trump said this before any details of Saturday’s incident that injured 29 people came out. Mr.de Blasio said the police were investigating a device that had been found a few blocks from the explosion, on West 27th Street between Avenue of the Americas and Seventh Avenue.
“We felt it, we heard it, the restaurant went real quiet”, Gonzalez told the AP. “It wasn’t like jolting or anything, everyone just went quiet”.
“Just before I got off the plane, a bomb went off in NY and nobody knows exactly what’s going on”, Trump said.
“The cause of the explosion is still unclear, but a police bomb squad was called in as a precaution to look for secondary devices in the immediate area, an FDNY official said”.
A law enforcement source said an initial investigation suggested the explosion occurred in a dumpster but the cause was still undetermined. “The investigation is active and at this time an extensive search is being conducted”, New York Police Commissioner James O’Neill said at the press conference.
When Jacob Schulman left his apartment a few blocks away shortly before 9 p.m., he saw people running and screaming.
Saturday’s explosion came hours following a confirmed pipe bomb explosion in New Jersey on Saturday.
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As further information is developed, we will provide updates.
