'New York is on high alert after an explosion rocked the Chelsea district of
Manhattan injuring 29 people, one seriously.
Thousands of people were milling about one of Manhattan’s most fashionable
areas when the blast ripped through the area shortly after 8.30pm local time.
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It is understood to have originated from a device placed in a skip outside the
Associated Blind Housing facility at 135 W. 23rd Street.
A second device was found four blocks away on West 27th Street.
According to several local news sources it was a pressure cooker attached
to a mobile phone by tape with protruding wires.
People living on West 27th Street were instructed to stay away from their
windows while the device was investigated.
Police combed, aided by sniffer dogs, combed rubbish bins to ensure
there were no other devices...'
SOURCE:
Manhattan injuring 29 people, one seriously.
Thousands of people were milling about one of Manhattan’s most fashionable
areas when the blast ripped through the area shortly after 8.30pm local time.
It is understood to have originated from a device placed in a skip outside the
Associated Blind Housing facility at 135 W. 23rd Street.
A second device was found four blocks away on West 27th Street.
According to several local news sources it was a pressure cooker attached
to a mobile phone by tape with protruding wires.
People living on West 27th Street were instructed to stay away from their
windows while the device was investigated.
Police combed, aided by sniffer dogs, combed rubbish bins to ensure
there were no other devices...'
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