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29 injured as ‘intentional’ explosion rocks New York

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8 years ago

September 18, 2016

29 injured as ‘intentional’ explosion rocks New York

The city of New York was shaken to its roots as an intentional explosion ripped through the Chelsea neighbourhood of Manhattan on Saturday night.

Reports say the explosion left no less than 29 people injured as authorities said they were investigating the blast as a criminal act not immediately linked to any terror organisation.

Investigators had ruled out a natural gas leak as the origin of the blast, but they stopped short of calling it a bombing and declined to specify precisely what they believed may have triggered the explosion.

According to the Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio, early indications were that it was “an intentional act.” He added that the site of the blast, outside on a major thoroughfare in the fashionable New York City district, was being treated as a crime scene.

“There is no evidence at this point of a terror connection,” the mayor said at a news conference about three hours after the blast. He added, “There is no specific and credible threat against New York City at this point in time from any terror organisation.”

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