Thread: Powerful Blast Injures at Least 29 in Manhattan; Second Device Found

A powerful explosion caused by what the authorities believe was a homemade bomb injured at least 29 people on a crowded sidewalk in the bustling Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan on Saturday night, according to the authorities, who later found and removed what they described as a second explosive device four blocks away.

Mayor Bill de Blasio called the explosion “an intentional act” but initially said there was no connection to terrorism. He cautioned that the authorities had just begun their investigation into the blast, which reverberated across a city scarred by terrorism and vigilant about threats just days after the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

“Whatever the cause,” Mr. de Blasio said, “New Yorkers will not be intimidated.”

The explosion, which occurred around 8:30 p.m., prompted the shutdown of a wide swath of Manhattan south of Midtown. The Police Department said at 1:15 a.m. Sunday that 14th Street to 32nd Street was closed to traffic between Fifth and Eighth Avenues until further notice.

A grim Mr. de Blasio, speaking at a news conference at the scene, said “injuries are significant.” But for the moment, he said, none of them were life-threatening.

Many of the injuries were caused by shrapnel from the explosion, which witnesses said seemed to have come from a sidewalk Dumpster on West 23rd Street near the Avenue of Americas. Images of a twisted Dumpster in the middle of 23rd Street quickly proliferated on Twitter.

The explosion shattered windows, damaged cars and sent crowds running from the scene.

“I heard a big boom,” said Luke McConnell, who was visiting from Colorado and had been headed toward a restaurant on West 27th Street. “I felt it, like a concussive wave, heading towards me.”

“Then there was a cloud of white smoke that came from the left side of 23rd Street near Sixth,” he said. “There was no fire, just smoke.”

Witnesses said they could feel the explosion from several blocks away. Daniel Yount, 34, said he was standing on the roof of a building at 25th Street and Avenue of the Americas with friends.

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despite the Patriot Act non-sense, American public still at risk with terrorism

so much that security doesn't work,

Tragic RIP

cui bono?

Now it's being called an act of terrorism.

Which "faction?"...

No idea.

CNN NY mayor it wasn't a terrorist attack.

Really 3 bombs, but nothing to do with terror attacks, even if you think Trump supporters did, it's a terrorist attack.

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

despite the Patriot Act non-sense, American public still at risk with terrorism

so much that security doesn't work,

Maybe they can learn from the French


or better yet the Belgian

You're gotta admit that playing down the fear in people that its not something to worry about actually works. Just look at how little interest their is on here, now if it was blamed on some groups this story would be huge.
Just give it time, when the conspiracy theories solve it.

Originally Posted by wasabi

when the conspiracy theories solve it

Quaker suicide bummers, Porridge everywhere, The dancing Palestinians i was all predicted on Alex Jones

It was the American secret services, and they will pin the blame on a Patsy. JFK and the movie that revealed it all " Edge of Darkness "

Hillary's doctor is to blame, tin foil hat time methinks

Originally Posted by wasabi

It was the American secret services, and they will pin the blame on a Patsy

Originally Posted by wasabi

It was the American secret services, and they will pin the blame on a Patsy

She'll deny it and I'll help her by supporting her alibi.

Ratcheting up the fear level in America in time for the elections? Which candidate would that benefit the most?

Originally Posted by HermantheGerman

Afghanistan be sufficient ?

Kabulshit should do it

NY, New Jersey Bombings Suspect Arrested



NEW YORK —
A man sought by police in connection with bombings in New York and New Jersey on Saturday is in custody following what has been described as a shootout with police.

Law enforcement officials said Ahmad Rahami, 28, was detained in Linden, New Jersey, late Monday morning.

CNN showed video of a man it said was Rahami, conscious and on a stretcher with what appeared to be a bloodied right shoulder, being loaded into an ambulance. Authorities later said he was undergoing surgery for a leg injury.

Two police officers and Rahami sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the shootout, local authorities said.

Police were searching for anyone linked to four explosives-related incidents in the last three days, including a blast Saturday night that injured 29 people in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Rahami is the sole person believed to be involved in the New Jersey and New York explosions.

"There is no other individual we are looking for at this time," he told reporters at a news conference after Rahami was detained.

As local officials have publicly debated for two days how to label the bombings, de Blasio said Monday: "We have every reason to believe this was an act of terror."

Local and federal police announced their search for Rahami early Monday.

Police say Rahami, a U.S. citizen of Afghan descent, was last known to live in Elizabeth, New Jersey, about 6 km from where he was detained in Linden. Local media reports say his family ran a restaurant there on the first floor of their home.

The FBI said Rahami is wanted for questioning in the Chelsea explosion, which happened around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, as well as in another bombing hours earlier in Seaside Park, New Jersey, about 135 kilometers south of New York City. Explosives detonated in a trash bin there just before the start of a 5-kilometer foot race. No one was hurt in that blast.

The FBI and police in New York have also been searching for possible links between the Saturday blast in Chelsea and another explosive device found a few blocks away that did not detonate. The second device, recovered a short time after the first went off, involved a pressure cooker with a cellphone attached to it. Police safely removed it from the area and said Sunday they blew it up in a controlled explosion.

Yet more devices were found late Sunday in a backpack in a trash can at a train station in Elizabeth, located just outside New York. Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage said one of the devices exploded as police tried to disarm it with a robot. The incident briefly disrupted train service throughout the region, along one of the country's busiest rail corridors.




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Homegrown nut jobs, eh? Gosh, one wonders how whitey will come up with a solution for that. Shoot all muslim immigrants between the ages of 11 and 65?

Karma for all that American aid for the IRA used to kill men, women and children in the UK in the 1970s and 80s. Ain't it a bitch.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

Homegrown nut jobs, eh?

He was an immigrant from Afghanistan hardly homegrown.

^ that's right, can't send him to Guatanomo as he is a US Citizen , with as much rights as Hiliary.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

Karma for all that American aid for the IRA used to kill men, women and children in the UK in the 1970s and 80s. Ain't it a bitch.

Just get your unwanted ass (like you did in so many other countries) out of Ireland and you don't have to bitch about it.
Was that simple enough ?

Ahmad Rahami

They should change their names before committing such acts.

To Brad Chase, David Cruise, Hank Gordon, or some such fine American sounding name, just for the post media. Shit up the Americans with headlines of Muslim David Cruise blows up whatever. OMG he sounds like he could have been one of our neighbors. Time to buy more guns and bumper stickers honey.

Some of them do.

You only have to read UK news to see that, with names like Mo Morgan, Abby (Abdul) King, Bash (Bashir) Edwards, Clayton Smith, Elroy Jeremiah Johnson, all of swarthy appearance,.....integrating.

Originally Posted by wasabi

that's right, can't send him to Guatanomo as he is a US Citizen

No need there will be a supermax prison waiting for him.

What's life like in Supermax prison? - CNN.com

We need one of those in the UK for religious radical extremist wannabe murderers and their supporters.