Following the Saturday night’s explosion in Manhattan that injured 29 people, no fewer than 1,000 extra security personnel have been deployed to New York transport hubs.
This is even as Governor Andrew Cuomo has admitted that the explosion was an act of terrorism, but that it was yet to be identified with any link to international groups.
Mr Cuomo said that significant damage has been caused and that there were no fatalities.
Mr. Cuomo said: “Whoever placed these bombs – we will find them and they will be brought to justice.”
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 organization 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.”
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.
Meanwhile, 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. [myad]
BBC.
