This is so scary.
A Saturday night explosion in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood left 29 people injured, and minutes later, a suspicious second device was found nearby by law enforcement.
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The explosion, which detonated around 8:30 p.m. local time at 23rd Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan, is what police are calling “an intentional act,” although NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio informed the media:
“There’s no specific and credible threat against New York City at this time from any terror organization.”
Investigators allege that the explosion was caused by a pressure cooker-type device — perhaps something similar to that used in the Boston Marathon bombings a few years ago — and placed in a dumpster.
The explosion was caught on surveillance video (below) too:
Yikes.
And in a scary twist, just blocks away from that explosion, police found that second pressure cooker (below) with wires coming out from it and a cell phone attached to it:
A note was allegedly found with that pressure cooker, though police will not say what was in the note or what else they may have found.
So scary.
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Of course, this comes just hours after a small explosion rocked a 5k race in nearby New Jersey, too, though that particular one didn’t injure anybody.
We are just glad that in this case, nobody was killed — but our thoughts are still with the victims and those adversely affected by this scary, scary situation.
[Image via Twitter/CNN.]
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