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New York explosion at Manhattan bus terminal

Source: BBC News:
December 11, 2017 at 09:21
Four people, including the suspect, were injured in the blast, the Fire Department said. None of the injured was considered life threatening.

The blast happened on Monday in an underpass at the Port Authority terminal near Times Square.

Fire officials say four people were injured, but are not in danger. Police say the suspect was wounded.

US media quote unnamed officials as saying that the man had a pipe bomb strapped to his body when it detonated at the height of the morning rush hour.

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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said President Donald Trump had been briefed on the incident.

The Port Authority Bus Terminal is the largest in the US, serving more than 65 million people a year.

The Times Square-42nd Street subway station complex is located underneath the transport hub.

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