4 people, including suspect, injured in New York explosion

December 11, 2017 20:15

The Fire Department of New York says four people, including the suspect, have been hurt following the pipe bomb explosion near Port Authority bus terminal at 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue near Times Square in New York City at the height of the morning rush hour.

Fire officials say none of the injuries are believed to be life-threatening.

"A total of four injuries reported at the scene of an explosion at Port Authority. All injuries are non-life-threatening," the fire department said in a tweet.

According to New York Post, the suspect, who is in police custody, is a 27-year-old who lived in Brooklyn and is possibly of Bangladeshi origin.

According to several media reports, he had wires attached to him and a 5-inch metal pipe bomb and battery pack strapped to his midsection as he walked through the Manhattan transit hub.

The man partially detonated the device, which he was carrying under the right side of his jacket, prematurely inside the passageway to the A, C and E trains at 8th Avenue and W. 42ndStreet at around 7:40 a.m., New York Post reported quoting sources.

Image: Commuters exit the New York Port Authority in New York City after reports of the explosion. Photograph: Edward Tobin/Reuters

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