'We will continue to doing everything we possibly can to protect New Yorkers from terrorist attacks. 'That's something all New Yorkers understand and it's something that we need Washington to understand as well. 'We have to take every precaution, as you know, because we remain a prime target for terrorists,' he said. Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York acknowledged after that incident that terrorists have targeted New York. Investigators arrested Shahzad after he had boarded an airplane with plans to leave the United States, authorities said. In last week's car bomb case, authorities say that Faisal Shahzad, an American citizen who is originally from Pakistan, left a car bomb in Times Square that failed to detonate. Only a fraction of those are investigated by the bomb squad, said Sgt. A few minutes later, the all-clear was given for that, too.Ī spokesman for the New York Police Department said officials get 90 to 100 calls per day, on average, about suspicious packages or vehicles. Shortly after the all-clear was given in Times Square, authorities said they were investigating a suspicious truck a few blocks west at 45th Street and 10th Avenue in Midtown's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. You assume it was a false alarm.'īut nerves were on edge in the area. 'I wasn't afraid,' said Mike Day, a tourist from Newfoundland, Canada, who was waiting to buy two tickets for 'Billy Elliot' on Broadway. 'I'm not afraid of that - been around too long,' said Pete Dloss, a 76-year-old tourist from Florida, who stood at the front of the line waiting to buy four tickets to 'La Cage Aux Folles.' Seconds after the police tape came down and cars resumed driving down 7th Avenue, theater fans lined up at a half-price booth to purchase show tickets. 'Our buildings were not evacuated,' she said. ET as they investigated, though people remained in the hotel and nearby buildings, said Kathy Duffy, a hotel spokeswoman.

Police evacuated parts of Times Square around 1 p.m. citizen of Pakistani descent left a car bomb that failed to detonate six days before. The cooler was found near 45th Street and Broadway, outside the Marriott Marquis hotel, witnesses and police said. Investigators determined after an anxious hour or so that the suspicious package - a green cooler - contained only water bottles. New York (CNN) - A suspicious package in Times Square prompted an evacuation and raised alarms in a jittery city Friday afternoon until authorities determined it was a false alarm. Police evacuated parts of Times Square around 1 p.m.It was in the same location where a car bomb failed to detonate six days before.Suspicious package, a green cooler, contained only water bottles.NEW: Situation returns to normal as theater-goers line up for tickets.Via Bomb Squad Shuts Down Times Square – CBS News. Traffic is being diverted from the area and pedestrians have been pushed back from the scene. Times Square has been shut down during the investigation. As a precaution, the bomb squad has been brought to the scene and is using a robot to inspect the package. Officials told CBS News Station WCBS-TV in New York that there were no injuries at the scene. The car was first reported to police at 6:33 p.m. Firefighters later found out that the car was smoking, not on fire, but a suspicious package was found in the car's back seat. UPDATE: We are monitoring the Time Square incident “Live” via IntellispaceĬBS News reports an investigation of a suspicious package found in a car has disrupted traffic, both on the roads and the sidewalks, in New York’s Times Square.Ī New York Police Department public information officer told CBS News the car was initially thought to be on fire. The package did not explode, and officials said they did not know whether it was related to terrorism.

The authorities found a smoking package in the vehicle and now believe it was a bomb. of smoke coming from a Nissan Pathfinder parked on 45th Street just west of Seventh Avenue. Police officials said they received a report about 6:30 p.m. UPDATE:Thousands of tourists and theatergoers were cleared from Times Square as the police investigated what they suspected was a car bomb there on Saturday evening. The dark-colored sports utility vehicle which triggered the evacuation of Times Square on Saturday night was found to contain explosives, gasoline, propane and burned wires, a New York Fire Department officer told Reuters.

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