WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) – The FBI searched a location in Elizabeth, New Jersey Monday morning after authorities detonated an explosive device left at a train station in the city, one of as many as five potential bombs found at the site.
“The FBI is executing a search warrant,” Elizabeth Mayor Christian Bollwage said on CNN. “They will be there for the next few hours, going through this location to find any evidence possible, whether it’s in relation to this incident or the Chelsea incident.”
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Authorities detonated the suspicious device early Monday after it was found in a trash can near the Elizabeth train station on New Jersey Transit’s Northeast Corridor rail line.
Bollwage said the FBI was working to disarm one of five devices found in the same bag, which was discovered around 8:30 p.m. Sunday. There was no immediate report of injuries or damage.
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The discovery of the suspicious package comes a day after an explosion in Manhattan injured 29 people, and an unexploded pressure-cooker device was found four blocks away. Also Saturday, a pipe bomb exploded about an hour from the Elizabeth train station in Seaside Park, New Jersey, forcing the cancellation of a military charity 5K run. Officials said it didn’t appear that those two incidents were connected, though they weren’t ruling anything out.
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Investigators didn’t immediately comment on whether they thought the Elizabeth incident was connected to either of the two blasts.
– With files from The Associated Press
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