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Explosion At Bus Station Rocks Manhattan, 20 Year Old Bangladeshi Arrested
Swarajya Staff
Dec 11, 2017, 08:15 PM | Updated 08:15 PM IST
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An explosion was reported near the busy New York Port Authority bus terminal in the morning office rush hours in New York, the city police said.
Update regarding explosion at 42nd St and 8th Ave, in subway: One male suspect is in custody. No injuries other than suspect at this time. Avoid the area. Subways bypassing #PortAuthority and Times Square Stations. Info is preliminary. pic.twitter.com/bEAdjq8mYc
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) December 11, 2017
According to NBC News, the source of sound was not immediately known. The New York Fire Department received call around 7.19 am, local time.
Commuters took to Twitter to confirm the incident.
I was exiting the Port Authority and the National Guard was running towards something shouting âGo, Go, Goâ
— Keith Woodfin (@hkdallas) December 11, 2017
Designer Chelsea LaSalle tweeted that she was "stuck in a running stampede at port authority bus terminal due to bomb scare. cops EVERYWHERE.
A suspect – a 27 year-old Bangladeshi who lived in Brooklyn – has been taken into custody. He was armed with a five inch metal pipe bomb with a battery pack as he walked through the busy Manhattan transit hub, reports NYPost.
The device was partially detonated in the passageway of the A, C, and E train lines at 8th Avenue and West 42nd Street.
Former New York Police Department (NYPD) commissioner Bill Bratton told MSNCB that the suspect was inspired by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Four people were injured with no casualties being reported so far.
More details awaited.
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