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| An explosion in New York City left 29 people injured and police were investigating a second device at a nearby site. | An explosion in New York City left 29 people injured and police were investigating a second device at a nearby site. |
| Mayor Bill de Blasio called the blast an "intentional act," but said there was no terrorist connection. | Mayor Bill de Blasio called the blast an "intentional act," but said there was no terrorist connection. |
| "Tonight, New York City experienced a very bad incident," he said at a news conference near the scene in Chelsea. "We have no credible and specific threat at this moment. " | "Tonight, New York City experienced a very bad incident," he said at a news conference near the scene in Chelsea. "We have no credible and specific threat at this moment. " |
| He said the blast was "an intentional act" but tried to calm any fears among nervous New Yorkers, saying there was no evidence of a link to terrorism, and no connection with a pipe bomb explosion earlier on Saturday at a New Jersey charity run. | He said the blast was "an intentional act" but tried to calm any fears among nervous New Yorkers, saying there was no evidence of a link to terrorism, and no connection with a pipe bomb explosion earlier on Saturday at a New Jersey charity run. |
| A law enforcement official told The Associated Press the second device that officers were investigating four blocks from the scene appeared to be a pressure cooker attached to wiring and a mobile phone. | A law enforcement official told The Associated Press the second device that officers were investigating four blocks from the scene appeared to be a pressure cooker attached to wiring and a mobile phone. |
| The source said the device was found inside a plastic bag on West 27th Street. | The source said the device was found inside a plastic bag on West 27th Street. |
| The official said the explosion appears to have come from a construction toolbox in front of a building. New York officials said the incident was not due to a gas leak, as some initial reports had suggested | The official said the explosion appears to have come from a construction toolbox in front of a building. New York officials said the incident was not due to a gas leak, as some initial reports had suggested |