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 News from Around the Americas | March 2008 
Small Bomb Rocks NYC Times Square in Early Morning Hours
 Cleveland Leader
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| | New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (L) watches as police commissioner Ray Kelly holds an ammunition box similar to the one that held an explosive device that exploded outside the U.S. Armed Forces Career Center in New York's Times Square as they speak to members of the press, March 6, 2008. The U.S. Homeland Security Department said it was monitoring and investigating a small explosion that caused minor damage to a U.S. military recruiting center in New York's Times Square area. (Reuters/Keith Bedford) | | |
A bomb exploded in New York City's Times Square early this morning, damaging a military recruiting center. Police are now on the hunt for a man seen on a bike wearing a grey hoodie. While authorities remain on full alert, they insist that there is no imminent threat after the 4 a.m. explosion.
The blast from the explosion was, according to eyewitnesses, pretty powerful. Witnesses said that the bomb shook the ground that they stood on, and those in nearby hotels also felt the vibrations from the blast. Police said that the bomb shattered a glass building entrance, but that no one was seriously injured.
According to media reports, there are several surveillance cameras located where the explosion took place, so it is likely that a video of the bomb's explosion will be released in the near future. For the time being, however, police are likely to be using it to help identify the perpetrator of the attack. |
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