Surveillance video captures people running, glass shattering from blast

Record ID: 1960275

  • Title: Surveillance video captures people running, glass shattering from blast
  • Date: 18th September 2016
  • Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 17, 2016) (ORANGETHEORY FITNESS - BROADCASTER: MUST COURTESY "ORANGETHEORY FITNESS" DIGITAL: MUST COURTESY "ORANGETHEORY FITNESS") (MUTE) VIDEO FROM THIRD SURVEILLANCE CAMERA SHOWS GLASS DOORS SHATTERING AFTER BLAST
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  • Keywords: Andrew Cuomo Governor New York blast bomb dumpster explosion
  • Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • Country: US
  • Topics: Bombing (non-military),Conflicts/War/Peace,United States
  • Reuters ID: LVA005503E1XJ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Sunday (September 18) there was still no indication that an explosion that injured 29 people in Manhattan on Saturday was linked to international terrorism as investigators scoured the scene of the blast.
    Newly released surveillance video from Orangetheory Fitness, a nearby business captured the blast and people running down the sidewalk. One video showed a glass door shattering.
    FBI investigators were examining remnants of the bomb plus an unexploded device found four blocks away and another device that exploded in New Jersey on Saturday (September 17) to see if they were connected, Cuomo said.
    "At this time there is no evidence of an international terrorism connection with this incident, but it is very, very early in the investigation and it's just starting," Cuomo told reporters, reiterating what Mayor Bill de Blasio had said just hours after the blast.
    Some 1,000 additional state police and national guard officers were being sent to the city to patrol transportation hubs as a precaution, Cuomo said.
    The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was taking evidence from all three sites to its special crime laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, said Cuomo, adding that he had been briefed by "all the relevant agencies."
    "When you see the damage, I think we were fortunate that there were no fatalities," Cuomo said.
    Most of the injured were treated for minor injuries including shrapnel wounds, though police listed one injury as serious. Cuomo said all had been released from hospital.
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