Explosion in New York City believed to be 'intentional,' mayor says; 29 injured

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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/18/explosion-in-new-york-city-believed-to-be-intentional-mayor-says-29-injured.html

De Blasio said the explosion had no known connection to terrorism and wasn't related to a pipe bomb explosion at a charity run in New Jersey earlier Saturday.

"Tonight, New York City experienced a very bad incident," de Blasio said at a news conference near the scene in Chelsea. "We have no credible and specific threat at this moment."

The blast, which happened at around 8:30 p.m. on West 23rd Street, appeared to originate from a construction toolbox in front of a building, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. A garbage can was found mangled nearby.

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ISIS Supporters Rush To Celebrate NYC Explosion

http://www.vocativ.com/360127/isis-supporters-rush-to-celebrate-nyc-explosion/

Supporters of the Islamic State rushed to celebrate Saturday night?s powerful explosion in New York?s Chelsea neighborhood that injured at least 29 people, even as no group or individual has been arrested or claimed responsibility.

?The lions of the Caliphate roar in New York, we cause you pain inside your house, the carrier of the Cross,? wrote one Twitter user who went by the name ?I am ISIS, come and block me.? The account was soon suspended. Another, called ?The Lone Wolves,? tweeted with the Arabic hashtag #ExplosionManhattanNewYork ?Oh God burn America, take revenge in the name of your oppressed slaves and believers? blood.?

Others tweeted about ?good tidings that keep coming? from New York, and one user affiliated with al-Qaeda in Syria tweeted: ?Oh God go against America, the head of infidels. Oh God, cou

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Has a bomb maker started a campaign of terror in New York? The frightening similarities between Manhattan dumpster explosion that hurt 29 and New Jersey military fun-run blast

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3794871/Has-bomb-maker-started-campaign-terror-New-York-frightening-similarities-Manhattan-dumpster-explosion-hurt-29-New-Jersey-military-fun-run-blast.html

Two explosions in the tri-state area have left residents fearing the blasts could be related.

At 9.30am on Saturday, a pipe bomb exploded shortly before the Semper Five Run at Seaside Park, New Jersey.

Around 8.30pm, a suspected IED detonated in the popular neighborhood of Chelsea in Manhattan.

No one was injured in the New Jersey explosion and approximately 29 people were hurt after the explosion in Manhattan.