U.S. Army Recruting Office Bombed in New York City
March 6th, 2008Via: CNN:
Authorities are searching for a man on a bicycle as a possible suspect in the Thursday bombing at a military recruiting station in Times Square, investigators said.
The blast, around 3:45 a.m., caused no injuries, officials said.
A witness and an officer at a police substation just steps away from the recruiting office saw a man riding a bicycle, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said at a news conference.
They did not see the man’s face, but he was wearing a backpack, he said.
The bomb consisted of some kind of “low order explosive” contained in a military-style ammunition box, Kelly said.
“This was not a particularly sophisticated device,” he said.
No one saw the device being placed, and no one has taken responsibility for the attack, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
“Whoever the coward was that committed this disgraceful act on our city will be found and prosecuted to the full extent of the law,” Bloomberg said.
Authorities were reviewing tapes from security cameras, but the process “will take many hours,” the mayor said.
The recruiting office, one of the nation’s busiest, has been the site of periodic anti-war protests, The Associated Press reported.
“If it is something that’s directed toward American troops, then it’s something that’s taken very seriously and is pretty unfortunate,” Army Capt. Charlie Jaquillard, commander of Army recruiting in Manhattan, told AP.
“The fact that this appears deliberately directed at the recruiting station insults every one of our brave men and women in uniform stationed around the world fighting to defend our freedoms and the things we hold so dear,” Bloomberg said.
“The bomb consisted of some kind of ‘low order explosive’ contained in a military-style ammunition box, Kelly said.”
An explosion at a recruiting station… what a great way to link the anti-war movement to terrorism.
“defend our freedoms and the things we hold so dear,” Bloomberg said.”
Like cheap gas and crap from China, etc.