Multiple acts of terror has struck the United States over the weekend, and at least one of the attacks has been linked to Islamic terror.
An explosion in a crowded Manhattan neighborhood on Saturday night left 29 people injured, and authorities removed a suspicious device that was discovered just blocks away. Mayor Bill de Blasio called the blast an “intentional act.”
A law enforcement official told The Associated Press that a second device that officers investigated four blocks from the scene appeared to be a pressure cooker attached to wiring and a cellphone. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak about an ongoing investigation, said the device was found inside a plastic bag on West 27th Street.
The device was removed with a robot and taken to the department firing range in the Bronx, officials said.
The law enforcement official also said that the explosion appears to have come from a construction toolbox in front of a building. Photos from the scene show a twisted and crumpled black metal box.
The blast happened on West 23rd street, in front of a residence for the blind, near a major thoroughfare with many restaurants and a Trader Joe’s supermarket. Witnesses say the explosion at about 8:30 p.m. blew out the windows of businesses and scattered debris in the area. Officials said no evacuations were necessary.
Fire Department Commissioner Daniel Nigro said several people were taken to hospitals with injuries. One of the injured suffered a puncture wound that was considered serious. He said the other injuries were minor, described as scrapes and bruises.
When officers were investigating the second site, Police spokesman J. Peter Donald tweeted a warning to residents to stay away from windows facing 27th Street.
A number of New York City subway routes were affected by the explosion, which rattled some New Yorkers just weeks after the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.
In St. Cloud, Minnesota, police said multiple people were injured at a shopping mall Saturday evening in an attack that possibly involved both a shooting and stabbing. The suspect was believed to be dead.
Donald Trump moved ahead of New York City officials when he declared a “bomb went off” in the city before officials had released details. He made the announcement minutes after stepping off his plane during a rally at an airport hangar in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
“I must tell you that just before I got off the plane a bomb went off in New York and nobody knows what’s going on,” Trump said.
He continued, “But boy we are living in a time — we better get very tough, folks. We better get very, very tough. It’s a terrible thing that’s going on in our world, in our country and we are going to get tough and smart and vigilant.”
The Republican presidential nominee made the comments around 9:10 p.m., shortly after the explosion and as emergency officials responded to the blast. A spokeswoman for Trump did not respond to an email asking whether he was briefed about the incident before taking the stage.
The report of the blast came hours after a pipe bomb exploded in Seaside Park, New Jersey, shortly before thousands of runners were to participate in a charity 5K race to benefit Marines and sailors. The race was cancelled and no injuries were reported.
The Associated Press contributed to this article
It’s on the CBS News this morning that the alleged stabber at the Minnesota incident was a follower of the middle east hater culture. Years back we used to read in the news about these acts of hate in the middle east. Now we are reading about them in the American mid-west. Then we read abut Hillary wanting to increase immigration from hater cultures by over 100%. Then we read about people calling Trump xenophobic ad racist because he wants to keep out haters.
We are going to have to get very tough, very fast, just like DT says. If we don’t, a lot of innocent people are going to die……… Again!
Yes-unless the world acts fast many innocent are going to die.
Clinton let those terrorists in this country, along with the sorry ass president that we have. Hillarys campaign is doomed!!! The American people are not stupid. She is total fucking scum, and a shit sandwich!!!– Trump for America Baby!!!!
I would beg the differ, if it were true that American people aren’t that stupid then why is the race so close?
It is scary to think she might win and wants to allow 600,000 Syria refugees into this country without being vetted properly.
She will push this issue because of the donations she got those countries. Everyone was complaining about Trump wanting to build a wall and used Germany and France as examples of what happens when the borders are not tight. Germany for the first time in years are now deporting and refusing refugees and France is now in the process of building actual walls on their borders so Trump must have been right in his speeches.
Not only that but now there are many NATO countries tightening down on the fight against terrorist and he’s not even in office yet so imagine what it will be like if he is president.
The entire world is falling apart and in chaos and its leaders haven’t got a clue on how to turn things around!
The sin ( cancer ) is too far gone and nobody can cure this evil that is spreading daily world-wide
“The wicked shall be turned into hell and all the nations that forget God”
There’s your problem folks, and things are not going to get better but worse, and the heart of man will come to great fear for those things that are coming upon the face of the whole earth.
Christ is coming very soon and that is what we who are true believer’s should be looking for.
Peace
Hondo, first off I personally am not very religious (although I do believe in god) and do to the fact that there has been more bloodshed over religion then all the wars put together, in my opinion religion should not even be in politics
Politically correct….You are incorrect as far as what I posted because it is NOT religious as you say.
Religion is of man….it is a man made thing and you certainly are most correct about what man’s religion has brought about throughout the centuries.
I posted the Truth of God’s Word from the Bible which is not of man but of God.
Believing in God is NOT what can get anyone into heaven!
Many, many people believe in God, but the name of Jesus Christ is an offense to them and it is He that is the ONLY Way into heaven and no other way or person or act can save your soul.
Believe His Word, Jesus Christ who is the living Word of God and be saved. Believe not….then perish.
He has WARNED all mankind that the day of judgment is near, it is near and the signs are everywhere for all to see that wickedness abounds, man thumbs his nose at God like no other time in history as this is world wide and the wickedness of abortions, homosexuality, murder, stealing, and rampant crime is everywhere.
The Gospel has now in our day gone out into all the world for a witness unto every nation, and Jesus tells us that when this happens….the end will come.
In 2018, it will be 70 years since Israel became a nation and Jesus also tells us that the generation that sees this come to pass will be the last generation and then He will come.
Most people on this planet have no clue, and even many others who do have a clue about this, do not want Him to come….just yet!
He WILL come, as a “Thief in the night” upon all those who look not for Him!
I am ready!
Come Lord Jesus, come!
Peace