Bomb in NYC injures 29 people

[Prowler]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37402130

New York bomb was 'act of terrorism', says Governor Cuomo

A bomb that exploded in New York City was an act of terrorism, Governor Andrew Cuomo says, but no link to international groups has been found.
Mr Cuomo said significant damage had been caused and "we were lucky there were no fatalities". Saturday night's blast in Manhattan injured 29 people.
Some 1,000 extra security personnel are being deployed to NY transport hubs.
Mr Cuomo said: "Whoever placed these bombs - we will find them and they will be brought to justice."
A second device - a pressure cooker attached to wiring and a mobile phone - had been found four blocks from the site of the explosion in the Chelsea district and was removed safely.

Addressing reporters on Sunday near the site of the explosion, Mr Cuomo said: "A bomb exploding in New York is obviously an act of terrorism."

But he said that, as yet, no international organisation such as so-called Islamic State had claimed they were behind it.
Mr Cuomo said: "We will not allow these type of people and these type of threats to disrupt our life in New York. This is freedom. This is democracy, and we are not going to allow them to take that from us.
"They want to instil terror. They want to make you worry about going into New York. We're not going to let them instil fear."
All 29 injury victims had now been released from hospital, he said.
Mr Cuomo said that the attack was one of the "nightmare scenarios" a governor must face, but he added: "We have no reason to believe at this time that there is any further immediate threat."
He said the two devices in New York appeared similar in design, but different from the pipe bomb that detonated earlier on Saturday on the route of a charity race in New Jersey. That explosion caused no injuries.
Windows blown out
The Chelsea explosion occurred at about 21:00 (01:00 GMT on Sunday), outside a residence for blind people on West 23rd St.

The second device has been described as a pressure cooker attached to wiring and a mobile phone - and this mode of attack was last seen in the US during the Boston Marathon bombings of 2013.
A pressure cooker device also featured in a failed jihadist plot to attack New York's Times Square in 2010. Extreme right-wing cells have also made them and the instructions are freely passed around on the internet.
The US has a dedicated laboratory where forensic scientists analyse the remains of every significant explosive device the security services recover.
Tiny fragments of a detonated device can be enough to pinpoint how it was made - and potentially who made it. Two years ago the US scientists had a major victory when their painstaking work uncovered evidence that proved that a London taxi driver had made bombs in Iraq that killed a soldier.
The force of the blast blew out windows and could be heard several blocks away.
Some reports said the bomb went off in a black metal construction toolbox, others that it was in a rubbish bin.

Chelsea is among the most fashionable districts of Manhattan and its bars and restaurants are usually crowded at the weekend.
On Tuesday President Obama and other world leaders are due to attend the UN General Assembly in New York.

I believe there was also an explosion yesterday in NJ. The governor of NY suspects the bomb in NYC was an act of terrorism, but no one has suggested the two acts might be related to each other yet.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Thank God no one was killed this time...
Hope they scrape up the vermin who did this and lock him away.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

Thank God no one was killed this time...
Hope they scrape up the vermin who did this and lock him away.

I wonder if it's related to the explosion in NJ during a marine race. Or even to the Minnesota mall stabbing spree. Just seems to be too much of a coincidence, you know what I mean?

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Unfortunately such events are so commonplace today that I think it may all be just that - a coincidence.

[snake]

I'd bet my life on it being related to NJ. Horrible event.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

Unfortunately such events are so commonplace today that I think it may all be just that - a coincidence.

Originally Posted by snake

I'd bet my life on it being related to NJ. Horrible event.

Well, when top EU and American politicians end up fabricating monsters to fight other monsters, what do you expect, really.

[mrmaczaps]

Originally Posted by Prowler

Well, when top EU and American politicians end up fabricating monsters to fight other monsters, what do you expect, really.

Politicians make up monsters?

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by mrmaczaps

Politicians make up monsters?

No, they create them. I used the wrong verb, my bad.

But politicians can also lie about who the enemy is or how he came to be. In the last few years we've been hearing how evil the Russians are, but well guess what, it's not the Russians who have been performing attacks in Europe and in the USA lately.

[plastroncafe]

You sure about that?

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

You sure about that?

Until they mess with the Old Continent it's all good. USA and Russia have been going at each other for decades now.

I wonder if Palin can still see what they're doing from her window.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Originally Posted by Prowler

I wonder if Palin can still see what they're doing from her window.

Ask Tina Fey - she's the one who gave people the impression that Palin actually said that.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

Ask Tina Fey - she's the one who gave people the impression that Palin actually said that.

Yes, Palin said you could see Russia from Alaska and not from her house. Kinda funny how it's the thing people remember the most about her when she's probably said way worse things back in 2008.

[snake]

Putin/Russia gets sh*t done. Unlike us.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by snake

Putin/Russia gets sh*t done. Unlike us.

yeah, US and EU intervention in Syria hasn't done us any favor. Nor did the goddamn Arab Spring. And now we have the ref... migrant crisis on our hands. Wonderful

[BubblyShell22]

This is so horrible. I hope they catch whoever did this and they are brought to justice. At least no one was killed, but it could have been much worse. Didn't hear about the NJ bombing though. It sucks that these things have to happen.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

This is so horrible. I hope they catch whoever did this and they are brought to justice. At least no one was killed, but it could have been much worse. Didn't hear about the NJ bombing though. It sucks that these things have to happen.

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/17/us...ive-trash-can/

No one got injured, though.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by snake

Putin/Russia gets sh*t done. Unlike us.

Jesus Christ, this is a horrifying mindset. Do you consider murdering journalists, rigging elections, and violating basic human rights on a whim to be "getting **** done"?

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Jesus Christ, this is a horrifying mindset. Do you consider murdering journalists, rigging elections, and violating basic human rights on a whim to be "getting **** done"?

I think he meant Syria in specific. At least that's how I interpreted his post. I mean, if he was referring to Russia's domestic policies it wouldn't make much sense since Russia isn't exactly close to being heaven on Earth.

[snake]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Jesus Christ, this is a horrifying mindset. Do you consider murdering journalists, rigging elections, and violating basic human rights on a whim to be "getting **** done"?

Oh no, I'm not defending the sh*tshow they have going on over there (remember Crimea?) but they handled the ISIS/Syria crisis pretty well IMO.

Russia is a corrupt country, but they mean buisness.

[Commenter 42]

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