Terror In New York As Bomb Rips Through Manhattan Leaving Twenty Nine Hurt, One Critical Ill…Another Device Found In A Pressure Cooker

By Mojisola Delano On Sep 18, 2016

An explosion from a suspected bomb in a trashcan ripped through Manhattan on Saturday night leaving at least 29 people injured – and police are investigating a second suspected bomb in a pressure cooker.
Terrifying CCTV footage shows the blast ripping through New York’s affluent Chelsea neighborhood at around 8.30pm on Saturday night.

The Office of the Deputy Commissioner Public Information (DCPI) exclusively told DailyMail.com the video was ‘confirmed amateur video footage from incident location’.
The blast on 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue is believed to have come from a dumpster and was the result of ‘an intentional act’, according to the NYPD.

Although Mayor Bill de Blasio has claimed there’s no connection to terrorism, the incident follows the pipe bombing of a military fun-run in New Jersey hours earlier. No one was injured in that attack.

De Blasio also admitted the explosion was ‘intentionally’ set off, suggesting the intent was to injure people in an attack on Manhattan. All the victims including an eight-year-old boy have minor injuries, except one who is in critical condition.

It’s been reported that the second device found at West 27th Street, the pressure cooker (pictured), has different colored wires sticking out of it and is wrapped in a plastic bag with what appears to be a cell phone or timer connected to it

The 45 second clip shows people walking past a construction site when the tremendous explosion occurred.

Panicked passersby on the other side begin running from the scene seconds after the blast.
The second device at 27th Street and Sixth Avenue, which was removed by the NYPD early on Sunday morning, is in a pressure cooker – raising chilling memories of the Boston bombings in 2013.
The pressure cooker has different colored wires sticking out of it and is wrapped in a plastic bag with what appears to be a cell phone or timer connected to it.
The pressure cooker was also reported to be wrapped in duct tape with a note attached to it.

Investigators have now said they are reviewing surveillance footage that shows a person standing near the site of the first explosion shortly before the blast.
Hundreds of people fled the scene after the blast, and witnesses described the harrowing incident as they were enjoying a night out in the city.
The Fire Department reported that there were at least 29 people injured, including an eight-year-old, in the blast.

The victims of the explosion were taken to several different hospitals.
De Blasio said during a press conference that injuries ‘are significant but at this point we can confirm that none of those injured are likely to die’.
‘There is no evidence at this point of a terror connection.’ De Blasio also said it is ‘too early to determine’ if the incident in New York is connected to the explosion in New Jersey.