LESS than a week after New York City commemorated the 15th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, the city is once again adjusting to an attack. At around 8.30pm on September 17th, a bomb went off in Chelsea, a busy Manhattan neighbourhood. The explosion shook buildings and blasted out windows. Twenty-nine people were injured, one seriously. A couple of hours later a second device, reportedly a pressure cooker attached to electrical wires and a mobile phone, was discovered four blocks away. It was removed by the New York police department’s bomb squad to be examined and detonated in a safe location.
Bill de Blasio, New York City’s mayor (pictured, left), called the incident “intentional” and “criminal”. He and most other officials, including the head of the FBI’s New York office, seem hesitant to call it terrorism while the investigation is ongoing. Typically, Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, had fewer compunctions. Within minutes of the explosion, Mr Trump told supporters that a bomb went off in New York and that “boy, we are living in a time” and that “we better get very tough, folks”. Hillary Clinton, his Democratic opponent, was more measured,...Continue reading
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