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#1 CNJRoss

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Posted 19 September 2016 - 07:03 AM

NJ.com, updated 11/19 7:50 am EDT:
 

Explosive device detonates near Elizabeth train station (VIDEO)

  • The device was unintentionally detonated by a bomb squad robot
  • The backpack was found in a garbage can in a nearby restaurant
  • FBI agents are reviewing surveillance footage.
  • After a suspension, transit service has resumed
  • Explosion follows 2 other nearby weekend incidents
  • FBI also questioning 5 people about N.Y. explosion Saturday

ELIZABETH — An improvised explosive device in a backpack detonated near the Elizabeth train station early Monday as authorities were using a bomb robot to examine the item, officials said.

 

The blast occurred around 12:40 a.m. near Morris Avenue and Julian Place. The explosion was not a controlled blast, but happened unintentionally as the robot was cutting the device, according to Mayor Christian Bollwage. No one was injured in the blast, Bollwage said.

 

Authorities found five devices inside a single backpack near the train station, including one that was detonated.

 

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#2 CNJRoss

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Posted 19 September 2016 - 07:07 AM

WPIX-TV, New York, 11/19:
 

Five explosive devices found in Elizabeth, NJ; 1 detonated

 

The package was detonated by law enforcement authorities and the FBI is on the scene, Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage said. No one was injured during the explosion.

 

Up to five devices were found in a backpack in a waste basket in Elizabeth, Bollwage said.

 

The FBI rendered the area as "safe" as of early Monday morning and are continuing to process evidence.

 

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Posted 19 September 2016 - 07:10 AM

Cross-Posted in Amtrak Forum

 

WTOP radio, 8/19 6:40 am EDT:
 

Modified schedules for Amtrak to NY

 

WASHINGTON — If you take Amtrak to New York, the train service says its Amtrak Acela Express, Northeast Regional and other services will operate on modified schedules.

 

Amtrak suspended service Sunday evening because of police activity near the Elizabeth, N.J. station.

 

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Posted 28 September 2016 - 05:53 AM

The Washington Post, 9/24:
 

Hailed a hero, the homeless man who found New Jersey bombs gets apartment, job prospects

 

Lee Parker needed a backpack for a job interview the next day. He had been homeless for several years and carried his few possessions in a plastic bag.

 

So when he and a friend came across a new backpack sitting atop a garbage can next to the Elizabeth, N.J., train station last Sunday night, it was like divine intervention. He picked it up and they walked a bit. It was only when he looked inside that he saw a maze of wires hooked up to makeshift pipe bombs.

 

Parker and his friend, Ivan White, took the bag to a remote area in case the explosives detonated and went straight to the police.

 

 

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Posted 30 September 2016 - 12:21 PM

CNN, 9/30/16:

Rahami believed to have entered NYC by train


Investigators believe they have identified Ahmad Rahami, the suspect in the New York bombing earlier this month, on surveillance video exiting a train hours before an explosive went off in the city.

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