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Bomb explodes in trash can near New Jersey train station

Sep 19, 2016 9:13 am By Robert Spencer

“The mayor warned that other explosions were expected.” Indeed so.

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“1 of 5 devices near train station explodes; no injuries,” Associated Press, September 19, 2016:

ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — A suspicious device found in a trash can near a train station exploded early Monday as a bomb squad was attempting to disarm it with a robot, officials said.

Elizabeth Mayor Christian Bollwage said the FBI was working to disarm one of five devices found in the same bag in a trash can by two men at around 8:30 p.m. Sunday near the Elizabeth train station. The men had reported seeing wires and a pipe coming out of the package, Bollwage said.

There was no immediate report of injuries or damage. The mayor warned that other explosions were expected.

Armed with a search warrant, FBI agents and police converged on an apartment above a fried chicken restaurant near the train station before 6 a.m. Monday. The apartment is linked to a man wanted for questioning in Saturday night’s New York City bombing, which injured 29.

Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, has lived at that address. He is a naturalized citizen from Afghanistan, the FBI said….

Train passengers reported being stuck on Amtrak and NJ Transit trains for hours Sunday night, while some trains moved in reverse to let passengers off at other stations. Amtrak said 2,400 passengers were affected and trains were being brought in to other stations for people to get other transportation….

The discovery of the suspicious package came a day after the explosion in Manhattan and an unexploded pressure-cooker device was found four blocks away in New York City. Also Saturday, a pipe bomb exploded about an hour from the Elizabeth train station in Seaside Park, New Jersey, forcing the cancellation of a military charity 5K run.

Investigators didn’t immediately comment on whether they thought the Elizabeth incident was connected to either of the two blasts.

Bollwage said that he wasn’t willing to say that Elizabeth had become a target and that it was possible that someone worried about the authorities was trying to get rid of the package.

“I’m extremely concerned for the residents of the community, but more importantly extremely concerned for everyone in the state and country where someone can just go and drop a backpack into a garbage can that has multiple explosives in it,” Bollwage said. “You have to wonder how many people could have been hurt.”

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  1. Jayke says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 9:23 am

    A “suspicious device” that explodes may not be a “bomb”. We are being governed by “stupid people”.

  2. CrossWare says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 9:30 am

    It seems that the weekend’s “Operation let’s not talk about Hillary’s health” was a great success. It is so nice to see how smoothly a fundamentalist supremacist political ideology works well with a so called democratic party. Now that is cooperation!

    • ECAW says

      Sep 19, 2016 at 9:43 am

      Ooh you cynic 🙂

  3. Angemon says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 9:35 am

    Investigators didn’t immediately comment on whether they thought the Elizabeth incident was connected to either of the two blasts.

    I’m surprised they didn’t outright deny that all those “lone wolves” have nothing to do with a pack…

  4. dumbledoresarmy says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 10:18 am

    O well, looks like this forum and similar had better prepare for incoming as lurkers multiply.

    I think the odds are starting to get quite good that people who were affected by this, or persons who knew people affected by it, will have – within their social circle – at least one person who is Islamosavvy and has already been trying to warn them.

    This latest move of the jihadis – to multiply attacks/ attempted attacks – could backfire on them. Bigtime.

    Watch intelligent, angry Islamoawareness reach the tipping point.

    And just remember: Mr Trump himself has been known to lurk here, from time to time. Almost certainly, some or more of his *staffers* and broader campaign crew lurk here.

  5. Blackjackp says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 10:51 am

    Starting the week off with a bang.

  6. Dov Berrol says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 7:20 pm

    North America must start using Israeli-designed trash-cans in public spaces, malls and underground subway stations. These cans are designed to contain any kind of explosion to prevent injury to passersby.

    And it’s also time to start checking all people entering malls – bag checkers and metal detectors too.

    We will have to do this until we win the war against the jihadis.

  7. AformerMuslim says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 9:33 pm

    Qur’an 9:73—O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them.

    Does it sound familiar?

    A Former Muslim
    http://www.aformermuslim.com

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