
Police have rendered safe a car bomb found inside a sport utility vehicle that triggered the evacuation of New York's Times Square on Saturday night. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has told a news conference it could have turned into a very deadly event.
We have no idea who did this and why. He said the bomb appeared to have been made in an amateurish manner. The device is being dismantled and kept for forensic study. Mr Bloomberg says the black coloured vehicle was filled with explosive materials.
Police were alerted to the smoking vehicle by a street vendor. The car had also emitted a small flash.
Authorities are checking CCTV footage from around the area in Manhattan to see whether they can work out who was with the vehicle and reports that a man was seen running away from it.
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