Baku-APA. New York mayor Bill de Blasio says no evidence yet of terror in Manhattan explosion, APA reports quoting Reuters.
Bill de Blasio is addressing media on the “very serious incident”. Authorities are treating it as intentional attack, but there is no evidence as yet of a terror connection.
“All hands are on deck. Injuries are significant. ... At this point we can confirm that none of those injured are likely to die.”
There was “no evidence at this point of a terror connection”, though he stressed that all findings were preliminary.
There was also “no specific evidence of a connection” to the pipe bomb that detonated earlier that day in New Jersey.
“New Yorkers will not be intimated,” said de Blasio. “We’re not going to let anybody change who we are and how we go about our lives.”