According to CBS, an explosive device detonated outside a federal building in Manhattan. The suspect, arrested at the scene, was carrying two rifles, fireworks, and chemical flammable materials. The investigation is ongoing.
At 17:51 Jerusalem, The Zioneer received a CBS report confirming that the suspect arrested in the Manhattan federal building explosion was carrying two rifles, fireworks, and chemical flammable materials at the time of his arrest. This expands on earlier reports of an explosive device detonating outside the FBI's New York field office.
At 17:02 Jerusalem, the FBI announced that a suspect was taken into custody after an incendiary device was deployed outside 26 Federal Plaza. Minutes later, at 17:02, reports of an explosion at the same location emerged. The Zioneer initially reported the explosion at 17:49 Jerusalem, and the subsequent CBS report, received at 17:51, added the details of the suspect's weapons and materials.
The incident occurred outside the FBI's New York field office, a federal building in Manhattan. No group has claimed responsibility, and the motive remains unclear, as The Zioneer reported earlier.
The suspect's identity and motive have not been released. The investigation is ongoing, and no further details are available at this time.
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Source and signal
- Internal intake