DHAKA: Authority has confirmed that the bomb detonated in New York and another found nearby on Sunday (September 18) were both ‘pressure cookers filled with shrapnel’.

They were exactly same as of that used in Boston marathon in 2013, reports the BBC.

Officials said that both have cell phones and Christmas lights as detonators.

The ‘bomb’ that went off in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan injured at least 29 people.
The FBI said it stopped a ‘vehicle of interest’ in Brooklyn on Sunday but made no arrests.

Unconfirmed media reports said five people in the car were taken into custody for questioning.
The second device was found four blocks from the site of the explosion and was removed and later destroyed in a controlled explosion.

New York governor Andrew Cuomo said it appeared to be ‘similar in design’ to the exploded device.

“Whoever placed these bombs, we will find them and they will be brought to justice,” he added.

Some 1,000 extra security personnel are being deployed to New York’s transport hubs, police said.

BDST: 1057 HRS, SEP 19, 2016
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