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NYPD: 27-year-old suspect in custody after blast near Port Authority

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A "terror-related" explosion occurred during rush hour Monday morning in the subway near New York City's Port Authority and Times Square, the city's police commissioner said.

The suspect, Akayed Ullah, was "wearing an improvised low-tech explosive device" that detonated in a subway tunnel in the 42nd Street passageway between 7th and 8th avenues, NYPD commissioner James P. O'Neill told reporters. He was taken into custody.

The Fire Department of New York said there was a total of four non-life-threatening injuries. Earlier, law enforcement officials told NBC News the suspect was the only person hurt and sustained a minor injury.

Three law enforcement officials said that the explosion was believed to be an "intentional act." The suspect had some sort of pipe bomb or other type of improvised explosive device that either went off prematurely or only partially detonated, the law enforcement officials said.

 

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A federal law enforcement official said Ullah, 27, was wearing the explosive device.

NYPD and FBI are investigating whether it was a lone actor with a lone incendiary device, or whether it was part of a broader plot. The FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force is also involved in the probe.

Former NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton said preliminary information indicated that the explosion was carried out in the name of ISIS.

"The preliminary information from three sources, and I emphasize my former word, preliminary, subject to change: It is a man in his middle 20s probably, possibly from Bangladesh. Been in the country about seven years, who was supposedly setting the device off in the name of ISIS. So definitely a terrorist attack, definitely intended," Bratton said on MSNBC.

"As to whether the device malfunctioned or didn’t function correctly, that’ll have to be determined," Bratton added.

The incident, in the heart of the city, caused chaos for morning commuters. Emergency vehicles that stretched for blocks rushed to the scene, causing major evacuations in the massive transit hub. Subway lines were thrown into disarray, with at least 10 bypassing the Times Square and 42nd Street/Port Authority stops.

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Nehru posted:

When I entered the Train this morning there was a woman in Hijab and the whole 10 yards and I went to the next car. I started to think what might she be carrying under all that cotton!!   This shit is getting ridiculous!!!

You did the right thing to move to another car, you would have made the sister drunk with your rum breath.

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Nehru posted:

When I entered the Train this morning there was a woman in Hijab and the whole 10 yards and I went to the next car. I started to think what might she be carrying under all that cotton!!   This shit is getting ridiculous!!!

Brace yourself, it will get worse. ISIS picked up where the Mogul Invaders left off.

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Leonora posted:
Nehru posted:

When I entered the Train this morning there was a woman in Hijab and the whole 10 yards and I went to the next car. I started to think what might she be carrying under all that cotton!!   This shit is getting ridiculous!!!

Brace yourself, it will get worse. ISIS picked up where the Mogul Invaders left off.

Wrong advice to brace himself. He should brace the woman then she wouldn't be able to move.

cain

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