Overnight Bombing at NYC Recruiting Center
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Posted to Scoop on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 12:56:22 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
An explosion rocked famous Times Square at 3:45am this Thursday morning. After the dust and smoke cleared it became clear the target was the military recruiting center located in the glitzy crossroads.
Thankfully nobody was hurt in the attack. Due to the late hour the building was locked and the offices were unoccupied. Authorities described the explosive as unsophisticated and composed of "low order explosive" packed inside a military style ammunition box. The attack occurred next to a police substation, and so an officer and nearby witness recalled seeing a hooded person on a bicycle with a backpack stop in the area just before the explosion.
During the War on Terror, numerous protests against Military Recruiting Stations have been staged (although in some cases controversial) thus far. However, at these protests no group has resorted to violence against recruiters or the military. Because no group has claimed responsibility it is unclear if the current wars have anything to do with the event. Even so, NYC Mayor Bloomberg swiftly denounced the events at a press conference. He stated the act
insults every one of our brave men and women in uniform stationed around the world. Whoever the coward was that committed this disgraceful act on our city will be found and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. We will not tolerate such attacks.The officer in charge of recruiting in Manhattan and the center, which accepts volunteers for all branches of service, did not blame protest groups immediately, but said the attack will not be taken lightly. "If it is something that's directed toward American troops then it's something that's taken very seriously and is pretty unfortunate."
Damage to the recruiting center was described as minor and mainly consisted of a destroyed front door and smoke damage.
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