New York City’s mayor says an explosion that rocked a Manhattan neighborhood Saturday night was caused by a bomb.
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And Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson mistakenly said he was thankful that nobody was injured in either the Chelsea bombing, or a knife attack in Minnesota, which has since been claimed by Daesh.
Investigators believe there are more people involved in the NY and New Jersey bombing plots than just Rahami, but they do not have a good idea who those people are, two USA officials told Reuters. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak about an ongoing investigation, said the device was found inside a plastic bag on West 27th Street. Experts said a large amount would be required to create a blast like the one Saturday night, as well as an accelerant or other ignitor.
I want New Yorkers to be confident when they go back to work on Monday that NY is up and running and were doing everything we need to do, he said.
Wanted: Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28 year old male, is being sought in connection with the Chelsea bombing.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said earlier Sunday that residents should expect a heightened security presence as the investigation continued and when the United National General Assembly kicks off, which draws leaders from around the world. “My experience is one the Federal Bureau of Investigation zeroes in on someone, they will get them”.
NEW YORK – FBI agents pulled over a auto on a highway in Brooklyn on Sunday night and were questioning its occupants in connection with the investigation into the weekend New York City bombing that injured 29 people, authorities said.
FBI spokeswoman Kelly Langmesser says agents stopped “a vehicle of interest in the investigation” at 8:45 p.m. Sunday.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the investigation.
“We have to let this investigation unfold”, she said.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said as investigators gathered information they learned there were “certain commonalities among the bombs”, leading authorities to believe “that there was a common group behind the bombs”. He said the second device appeared “similar in design” to the first, but did not provide details.
On Sunday, a federal law enforcement official said the Chelsea bomb contained a residue of Tannerite, an explosive often used for target practice that can be bought in many sporting goods shops.
A pipe bomb also exploded Saturday in a New Jersey shore town ahead of a 5K. Investigators looked into it and didn’t consider it relevant to the case, according to an official who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
Yes, a pipe bomb exploded in a New Jersey seaside town on Saturday morning shortly before thousands of runners were due to take part in a charity race for U.S. marines and sailors.
The cause appears to be a pressure cooker device, similar to the one used in the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013 that killed three people and injured hundreds.
The latest blast happened in the early hours of Monday morning after five devices were reported to have been found near a train station in Elizabeth. One of the devices exploded when a bomb squad robot accidentally cut the wrong wire while trying to disarm it.
No injuries were reported after the blast but it was the first of a series of incidents that has put the USA on alert.
A number of New York City subway routes were affected by the earlier explosion.
Officials haven’t revealed any details about the makeup of the pressure-cooker device, except to say it had wires and a cellphone attached to it.
Police also discovered and defused a second device nearby in the Chelsea district of Manhattan.
Both were filled with shrapnel and made with pressure cookers, flip phones and Christmas lights to set off a powerful explosive compound, said officials.
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“I was sitting in my apartment, and all of a sudden I heard a big boom, and I thought to myself wait a minute, it can’t be thundering and lightning at this hour, and then all of a sudden vehicle horns went off, and I thought oh my god this isn’t lightning, this is too loud – this is a bomb”, said Stanhope.
