Suicide bomb explodes during rush hour at New York’s biggest bus terminal
A bomb squad was called to the scene in Port Authority on Monday morning (Picture: Twitter) One pers..
One person has been injured after an explosion at New York Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan this morning.
A witness described hearing what sounded like two separate blasts at the largest bus station in New York.
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Police confirmed that one person had been taken into custody following the explosion at the terminal on the corner of 42nd Street and 8th Avenue.
There are unverified reports that the blast may have been as a result of a pipe bomb that partially detonated in an underpass.
It is thought that the bomb may have gone off prematurely and was not intended to have detonated in that location, sources told CNN.
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Francisco Ramirez said he heard two blasts through his headphones as he got off a bus.
He told CNN: ‘From what I saw it sounded like it came from the subway, but I’m just guessing. It was two distinct explosions seconds from each other. As I was making my way toward the outside, I kept getting shoved by cops and there were cops at every entrance blocking and there was police and SWAT everywhere.
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‘It was scary. It was just a lot of chaos but I didn’t see any injuries.’
The busy terminal near Times Square has been evacuated and the area is closed off to traffic.
A spokesperson for the New York Police Department said the explosion is of an ‘unknown origin’.
The A, C and E lines have been evacuated.
The New York Fire Department has also said that they are investigating.
A spokesperson for New York City Mayor’s Office posted on Twitter: ‘The mayor has been briefed on the incident in Midtown. The NYPD, FDNY and first responders are on the scene.’
The Port Authority Bus Terminal is close to the Theater District, around ten minutes walk from Times Square.
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The NYPD is responding to reports of an explosion of unknown origin at 42nd Street and 8th Ave, #Manhattan. The A, C and E line are being evacuated at this time. Info is preliminary, more when available. pic.twitter.com/7vpNT97iLC
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) December 11, 2017
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