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The New York police department said “one male suspect” was injured and in custody after an explosion on the subway at 42nd Street and 8th Avenue in Manhattan.The New York police department said “one male suspect” was injured and in custody after an explosion on the subway at 42nd Street and 8th Avenue in Manhattan.
A law enforcement official, speaking anonymously, told the Associated Press the explosion happened at about 7.30am. A total of four injuries were confirmed by the New York fire department. None of the injuries were life-threatening, it said.
The person arrested had a pipe bomb strapped to him when it went off on a subway platform, the official said. The suspect had non-life-threatening injuries, the official said. A law enforcement official, speaking anonymously, told the Associated Press the explosion happened at about 7.30am. The person arrested had a pipe bomb strapped to him when it went off on a subway platform, the official said.
The NYPD said no other injuries had been reported. The official who spoke to the AP said one other person on the platform sustained non-life threatening injuries. Update: A total of 4 injuries reported at the scene of an explosion at Port Authority. All injuries are non-life-threatening
A commuter who travelled through the Port Authority terminal at 42nd and 8th on Monday morning told the Guardian the explosion happened 60 seconds after they exited the building. A police officer told the commuter it was “a guy with a pipe-bomb”. In midtown, shortly after the explosion, sirens could heard racing up 8th Avenue. A commuter who travelled through the Port Authority terminal at 42nd and 8th told the Guardian the explosion happened 60 seconds after they exited the building. A police officer told the commuter it was “a guy with a pipe-bomb”.
Subway lines were bypassing Port Authority and Times Square stations, the NYPD statement said, adding: “Avoid the area.” At the scene, Lythia, who did not wish to give her full name, said she was handing out the Metro free newspaper at the corner of 40th Street and 8th Avenue at about 7.30am when she saw “people running towards me saying it was an explosion, it was a bomb”.
In its initial statement on the incident, the NYPD it was “responding to reports of an explosion of unknown origin at 42nd Street and 8th Ave in Manhattan. The A, C and E line are being evacuated at this time.” “Everybody was just running. Then I saw the cops, the fire department, the ambulance, the bomb squad.
The fire department also said it was responding to the scene. In midtown, sirens could heard racing up 8th Avenue. She added: “If I was scared I’d have been running too. I felt like an angel was protecting me.”
Another newspaper distributor, Jerome Thompson, from the Bronx, was more shaken up. “People came running from the situation,” he said. “I was shocked. I thought what is going on? I was getting a little frightened too. I thought this is serious. I’m glad everybody is all right.“
Thompson, who distributes the AM Network newspaper, recalled the incident in October when a truck was driven into cyclists and pedestrians on the path beside the Hudson River on the west side of Manhattan.
“Innocent people’s lives…” he said, trailing off. “I don’t understand what is going on in this world.“
Subway lines were bypassing Port Authority and Times Square stations, the NYPD said, adding: “Avoid the area.”
The usually frantic five lanes of 8th Avenue were closed to traffic from 34th Street up to the site of the explosion, although pedestrians and cyclists moved freely and the scene was calm. Police had blocked the road between the huge frame of the Port Authority bus terminal and the silver New York Times skyscraper across the street.
Port Authority is a subway and bus hub serving commuters from New Jersey and around New York City. According to the Port Authority website, about 230,000 bus passengers use the terminal each day.Port Authority is a subway and bus hub serving commuters from New Jersey and around New York City. According to the Port Authority website, about 230,000 bus passengers use the terminal each day.
One commuter told Reuters “there was a stampede up the stairs to get out” of the Port Authority building, adding: “Everybody was scared and running and shouting.”
The office of the New York mayor, Bill de Blasio, said: “The mayor has been briefed on the incident in midtown. The NYPD, FDNY and first responders are on the scene.”The office of the New York mayor, Bill de Blasio, said: “The mayor has been briefed on the incident in midtown. The NYPD, FDNY and first responders are on the scene.”
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders tweeted that Donald Trump had also been briefed on the situation. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders tweeted that Donald Trump had also been briefed on the situation. Trump’s first tweet of the day was a complaint about “another false story, this time in the Failing @nytimes, that I watch 4-8 hours of television a day”.
The explosion comes a month and a half after eight people were killed and more than a dozen were injured by the West Side Highway in Manhattan, when a truck was driven down a bike path. Hesham Muhammad Hadayet, an Egyptian national with a green card giving him permanent status in the United States, killed two people and wounded four at Los Angeles International Airport. Hadayet also died.
Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, an American-born convert to Islam, opened fire on an army recruiting office in Little Rock, Arkansas. Muhammad killed one soldier and wounded another. Muhammad, who previously lived in Yemen, claimed to be a member of al-Qaida. Muhammad eventually pled guilty to avoid the death penalty.
Army major Nidal Hasan opened fire in the Soldier Readiness Processing Center at Fort Hood, Texas. The American-born Hasan killed 13 soldiers and wounded 32. Hasan was paralyzed in the attack. At his trial, he declared himself to be at war with America and investigators found that although he acted alone, he had accessed jihadist websites. Hasan was sentenced to death and is currently incarcerated in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
The Boston Marathon attack was carried out by two brothers, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. The bomb killed three people and injured 264. The two later killed an MIT police officer. In addition, in a firefight between the brothers and the police, 16 officers were injured and another later died. Tamerlan died after he was shot by police and his brother ran over him in a car in an attempt to escape. Dzhokhar was apprehended and sentenced to death. The two Kyrgyz-American immigrants had been self-radicalized but learned to make their bomb from the al-Qaida online magazine Inspire.
Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez attacked a marine recruiting office and US Navy reserve center. He killed four marines and one seaman before police killed him. Abdulazeez was an American citizen born in Kuwait. Former FBI director James Comey said Abdulazeez was “motivated by foreign terrorist organization propaganda.”
Syed Rizwan Farook and Tasheen Malik opened fire at the San Bernandino County Department of Public Health. Fourteen people died and 24 were injured. Farook was born in the United States and Malik was a Pakistani immigrant. The two were killed by police. The FBI described them as “homegrown violent extremists”.
American-born Omar Mateen killed 49 people and wounded 58 at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. In calls made during his rampage, Mateen pledged allegiance to Isis. He was killed by police.
A man drove a truck into people on the Hudson River bike path, killing eight and injuring 11. Sayfullo Saipov, a 29-year-old immigrant from Uzbekistan, pleaded not guilty to murder.
The explosion on the subway comes a month and a half after eight people were killed and more than a dozen were injured by the West Side Highway in Manhattan, when a truck was driven down a bike path.
The suspect in that attack pleaded not guilty to 22 counts including providing material support to the Islamic State group.The suspect in that attack pleaded not guilty to 22 counts including providing material support to the Islamic State group.
In September 2016, 30 people were injured when a bomb exploded after being left behind a dumpster on West 23rd Street, in the Chelsea neighbourhood. The suspect was found guilty in October, on eight charges.In September 2016, 30 people were injured when a bomb exploded after being left behind a dumpster on West 23rd Street, in the Chelsea neighbourhood. The suspect was found guilty in October, on eight charges.