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NEW YORK (AP) – Police evacuated buildings and cleared streets of thousands of tourists around New York City’s Times Square after finding an apparent car bomb in a parked SUV (Nissan Pathfinder).
New York City police said a mounted police officer noticed smoke coming from the SUV at 6:30 p.m. A law enforcement official tolds The Associated Press that bomb investigators found propane tanks, powder and an apparent timing device inside the vehicle.
Times Square, known as the Crossroads of the World, is one of the busiest urban areas in the U.S. and is typically teeming with people.
Police evacuated several residential and commercial buildings and cleared several streets of thousands of tourists milling around on a warm Saturday night.
Police said the car was parked on 45th Street and the block was closed between Seventh and Eighth avenues as a precaution.
Paul Bresson, head of the FBI’s public affairs office at bureau headquarters in Washington, said agents are on the scene with the New York Police Department and that the matter is being taken seriously.
NEW YORK (AP) – Pedestrians were barred from parts of New York City’s Times Square as police closed streets to investigate a car that has been “deemed suspicious”.
A senior Obama administration official said a Nissan Pathfinder was found with a suspicious package, but officials are not yet sure whether it was a bomb. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official wasn’t authorized to speak on the matter. …
Picture of propane cylinder at the back of the Mercedes
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