News: Explosives Found in SUV in Times Square
May 2nd, 2010 cherryconnectLast night a T-Shirt vendor spotted smoke coming from a dark green SUV (a Nissan Pathfinder to be exact) in Times Square and immediately alerted the police. It turned out that there were explosives in the vehicle and people were immediately evacuated.
From CNN:
“We avoided what could have been a very deadly event,” said Mayor Michael Bloomberg early Sunday morning. “It certainly could have exploded and had a pretty big fire and a decent amount of explosive impact.”
Two federal officials said Sunday it was too early to tell whether the incident involved al Qaeda or another international terror group. The national threat level remained at yellow, or elevated.
“We’re taking this very seriously,” Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” noting that the New York police, FBI and federal Joint Terrorism Task Force were involved in the investigation. “We’re treating it as if it could be a potential terrorist attack.”
Inside the Pathfinder, police found “gas cans and bomb-making materials,” Bloomberg said.
Investigators removed three propane tanks, two filled five-gallon gasoline containers, two clocks with batteries, consumer-grade fireworks, and a locked metal box that resembled a gun locker.
The wiring around the device “looked amateurish,” Bloomberg said.
A robot from the city police department’s bomb squad smashed through the back window of the SUV and retrieved the box after several hours. It was taken to a bomb squad facility in the Bronx.
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Wow we are living in scary times right now. Thankfully no one was hurt.
