FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force investigating explosives found in Manhattan

FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force investigating explosives found in Manhattan

2010-10-12 01:38:11 GMT+7 (ICT)

NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- The New York Police Department and the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating the discovery of several blocks of explosives in a New York City borough, officials told BNO News.

Police said the explosives were found at Marble Cemetery in Manhattan around 10.51 a.m. EDT on Monday. A police spokesman said it was not immediately clear what sort of explosives were found, but local media reports said they were C-4 explosives that are also used for demolition work.

"The FBI is on scene with the NYPD and the material will be tested and its source investigated," FBI Senior Special Agent Richard Kolko told BNO News, adding that the agency's Joint Terrorism Task Force was at the scene.

Both the NYPD as well as the FBI refused to say whether a link to terrorism is being suspected but said there were no blasting caps to detonate the explosives.

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