Times Square - Explosion At Recruiting Center - Bomb Was Small IED
March 6, 2008
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Times Square in New York City was the scene of an early morning explosion at an Armed Forces Recruiting center.
Police officers and firefighters cordoned off much of Times Square for more than two hours after the small explosion apparently set off by a man-made device damaged the front of the Armed Forces Career Center on the traffic island bounded by 43rd and 44th Streets, Seventh Avenue and Broadway around 4 a.m., officials said. No one was injured, and after a temporary interruption, subway service was restored.
Most traffic around Times Square was allowed to pass by 6:45 a.m., after vehicles had been diverted for more than two hours. City officials confirmed that police had initially blocked off the area as a precaution to ensure that there was no secondary device or other threat; the officials emphasized that they did not believe anyone was in danger.
Police officers at the scene said the explosion which they attributed to an “improved explosive device” blew a hole through the front door of the recruiting station, which is at the northern end of the structure.
Members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, the large Police Department and F.B.I. unit that investigates terrorism, were at the scene of the blast, supporting the Police Department’s Bomb Squad, which along with other police detectives likely will take the lead role in investigating the incident, an F.B.I. official said.
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The Homeland Security department said there was no sign of an “imminent threat” to the United States in the blast that tore through an empty military recruiting station in Times Square early Thursday morning, according to Reuters.
Authorities are searching for a man on a bicycle as a possible suspect in the Thursday bombing at a military recruiting station in Times Square, an FBI spokesman said.
A small explosive device rocked New York’s Times Square early today, causing minor damage to a military recruiting station.
The device shattered a glass entryway to the installation, but no one was injured, police said.
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It was probably a “Unabomber” type based on the news descriptions of a suspect wearing a grey hoodie and riding a bike. It was probably someone who was upset by the puppy throwing video.