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Added on the 04/10/2016 16:42:45 - Copyright : Reuters EN
Video courtesy of @ErikoGuillen shows as city officials cordoned off an area in Elizabeth, New Jersey on Monday following the explosion of a suspicious package. City mayor Chris Bollwage stated that the package exploded when a bomb squad was trying to disarm it. The detonation follows an explosion in Manhattan on Saturday evening, injuring 29 people.
A heavy police presence was still posted in central Manhattan on Sunday, after a powerful explosion rocked the Chelsea neighbourhood one night prior, injuring 29 people. New York State Senator Marty Golden confirmed late on Sunday that the FBI had taken several people into custody near New York's Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in connection with the case.
An explosive device left near a train station in New Jersey went off as a bomb squad robot cut its wire.
A fire that crews thought they extinguished reignites in Jersey City, outside of New York, damaging five homes, but causing no injuries. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
At least one person was killed and 15 injured after a house exploded in northern New Jersey on Wednesday morning.