Just 24 hours after explosions rocked New York City, more bombs were found at a nearby train station in Elizabeth, New Jersey. They said the men were believed to be connected to the Manhattan pressure cooker bombs, but did not elaborate on how.
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Earlier on Saturday a pipe bomb went off along the route of a running race in Seaside Park, New Jersey.
No one was injured in the blast, FBI’s Newark division informs on Twitter.
USA authorities in the state of New Jersey are investigating a suspicious package, found Sunday night at a train station, to determine if it is a live bomb, local media reported.
It remains unclear whether the suspicious backpack in Elizabeth was connected to any of those events.
Authorities are seeking 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami, a naturalized USA citizen from Afghanistan.
There were no reports of injuries.
Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor service was operating on a modified schedule Monday morning. Soon enough, a drone poked around and revealed that the device could be “a live bomb”.
Rail tickets and passes are being cross-honored by PATH, ferry service, NJT and private carrier buses.
Mayor Christian Bollwage said the explosion at around 12.40am was not a controlled blast, but it happened as the robot was cutting the device. One detonated when a bomb squad robot tried to disarm it.
In other developments, service has resumed hours after the explosion in Elizabeth.
Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and police have converged on an apartment near a New Jersey train station where one of five devices found in a backpack exploded while a bomb squad robot was attempting to disarm it.
Mr Bollwage said late Sunday that all trains from New Jersey Transit and Amtrak going through Elizabeth had been shut down and that a shuttle would arrive to shepherd stranded passengers away.
“We have more work to do to be able to say what kind of motivation was behind this”.
The New York Police Department says it is looking for a 28-year-old man for questioning in the New York City bombing. The New York Times reports that more than 2,000 Amtrak and NJ Transit passengers were affected by the investigation.
Two police officers were also wounded in the shootout which took place in Linden, New Jersey.
Five devices were found near the train station.
The backpack in Elizabeth was discovered on Sunday evening by two men scavenging trash who reported the package to police after seeing “wires and a pipe”, Bollwage said. On Sunday night, police blew up the device, rendering it safe.
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A powerful explosion on West 23rd Street in the Chelsea neighbourhood of Manhattan, New York injured 29 people on Saturday.
