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| Manhattan explosion: 25 injured after blast 'like a volcano' rocks New York | |
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| Twenty-five people have been taken to hospital after an explosion in the Chelsea area of Manhattan, New York authorities said on Saturday. | |
| “Explosion happened at roughly 8.30pm on 23rd street between 6th and 7th avenues,” J Peter Donald, assistant commissioner for communication and public information, said in a tweet confirming the explosion. “Several injured transported to area hospitals.” | |
| The New York fire department subsequently said in a tweet that 25 people had been injured, none seriously. | |
| The cause of the explosion and damage done to buildings in the area was not immediately known. Emergency vehicles were in the area, which is home to many restaurants. Witnesses said FBI and Homeland Security officials were also at the scene. | |
| At a rally in Colorado Springs, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said it had been a “bomb”. | |
| Moments after leaving his plane, according to pool reporters, Trump said: “I must tell you that just before I got off the plane, a bomb went off in New York and nobody knows exactly what’s going on but, boy we are really in a time – we better get very tough, folks. | Moments after leaving his plane, according to pool reporters, Trump said: “I must tell you that just before I got off the plane, a bomb went off in New York and nobody knows exactly what’s going on but, boy we are really in a time – we better get very tough, folks. |
| “We better get very tough. We’ll find out. It’s a terrible thing that’s going on in our world and in our country and we are going to get tough and smart and vigilant. We’ll see what it is. In any event, I am so thrilled to be in Colorado.” | “We better get very tough. We’ll find out. It’s a terrible thing that’s going on in our world and in our country and we are going to get tough and smart and vigilant. We’ll see what it is. In any event, I am so thrilled to be in Colorado.” |
| Earlier in the day, law enforcement sources said a pipe bomb exploded near the course of a scheduled 5km race in support of the US Marines and sailors in Seaside Park, New Jersey, down the east coast from New York. Other devices failed to explode, authorities said. The race had been delayed, ensuring no runners were near the explosion, which happened in a trash can, and the event was subsequently cancelled. | Earlier in the day, law enforcement sources said a pipe bomb exploded near the course of a scheduled 5km race in support of the US Marines and sailors in Seaside Park, New Jersey, down the east coast from New York. Other devices failed to explode, authorities said. The race had been delayed, ensuring no runners were near the explosion, which happened in a trash can, and the event was subsequently cancelled. |
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