After the explosion, the New York Police Department has moved officers armed with rifles into the area, as well as deploying K-9 dogs and the bomb squad to the area. The terminal was evacuated, and both the rail depot and the bus depot nearby are likely to be closed for the foreseeable future.
This is yet another terrorist attack that seems to have fallen apart not because of government intervention or alert, but rather because the terrorist was poorly-equipped to handle the explosives they were carrying. It is reminiscent of the outcome of the two attempted plane bombings, when the shoe bomber and the underwear bomber both failed to ignite their explosives in mid-flight.
Recent reports claim that the suspect was from Bangladesh, and that
This is yet another terrorist attack that seems to have fallen apart not because of government intervention or alert, but rather because the terrorist was poorly-equipped to handle the explosives they were carrying. It is reminiscent of the outcome of the two attempted plane bombings, when the shoe bomber and the underwear bomber both failed to ignite their explosives in mid-flight.
Recent reports claim that the suspect was from Bangladesh, and that