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New York explosion at Manhattan bus terminal

  • 11 December 2017
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Media captionThe explosion occurred as the Monday rush hour was getting under way

A man is being held after an attempted terror attack at America's biggest and busiest bus terminal, officials say.

"Terrorists won't win. We are New Yorkers," said Mayor Bill De Blasio said after a blast in an underpass at the Port Authority terminal on Monday.

The suspect was wounded. Fire officials say four people were injured, but none is in danger.

US media say the man had a pipe bomb strapped to his body when it detonated at the start of the morning rush hour.

Mr De Blasio said the suspect was believed to have acted alone.

A photo circulating on social media shows a man, said to be the suspect, lying on the ground with his clothes ripped and lacerations on his upper body.

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

The Port Authority Bus Terminal serves more than 65 million people a year.

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Image caption Several blocks of the city have been cordoned off

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Well. I hope he lives a long long long life and spends it all without seeing the light of day ever again.

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New York bombing suspect Akayed Ullah warned Trump on Facebook

  • 12 December 2017
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Image caption Akayed Ullah emigrated to the US with his family in 2011

The man who faces terror charges over Monday's bus terminal bombing in New York posted a warning to President Donald trump just before the attack.

"Trump you failed to protect your nation," it read. The post by Akayed Ullah was revealed in charges filed by federal prosecutors on Tuesday.

They say the 27-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant carried out the bombing in support of the Islamic State group.

He wounded himself and three others in Monday morning's attack.

Mr Ullah is accused of blowing up a crude device strapped to his body in an underpass at Manhattan's Port Authority Bus Terminal during the rush hour.

The New York Police Department (NYPD) tweeted that he was facing state charges including criminal possession of a weapon, supporting an act of terrorism and making a "terroristic threat".

The federal charges, announced later on Tuesday, include providing material support to a foreign terrorist organisation, using a weapon of mass destruction and bombing a public place.

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Media captionThe blast hit during New York's rush-hour - this is how events unfolded

Mr Ullah told investigators he had made the bomb at home using materials that included Christmas lights wire, prosecutors say. The device was affixed to his body with Velcro straps.

He admitted doing "it for the Islamic State" and was motivated by US air strikes on IS targets, according to the federal complaint filed by prosecutors.

The suspect's home in the New York City borough of Brooklyn is being searched. Police believe he acted alone.

Mr Ullah emigrated to the US on a family visa in 2011 from the Chittagong area of Bangladesh.

The Bangladeshi government says he had no criminal record in the country, which he last visited in September. The visit lasted about six weeks, his uncle told the Associated Press news agency.

Mr Ullah's wife did not join him in the US. She and other family members are now being questioned to try to understand how he was radicalised.

US President Donald Trump has said Monday's attack, which followed a terror attack in Manhattan in October that killed eight people, "highlights the urgent need... to enact legislative reforms to protect the American people".

"America must fix its lax immigration system, which allows far too many dangerous, inadequately vetted people to access our country," Mr Trump added.

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