Police evacuated a Manhattan subway station after two suspicious devices were found early Friday.
The devices were determined to be pressure cookers.
The New York Police Department’s Counter-terrorism Bureau said the devices inside of the Fulton Street subway station were “NOT explosive devices.”
“Out of an abundance of caution officers have searched nearby stations,” the bureau said.
Our @NYPDCT Bomb Squad has cleared the devices inside of Fulton Street subway station in Lower Manhattan. They are NOT explosive devices.
Out of an abundance of caution officers have searched nearby stations. pic.twitter.com/Y32I9DFEDf
— NYPDCounterterrorism (@NYPDCT) August 16, 2019
The station is located a couple blocks from the World Trade Center.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who is a Democratic candidate for president, thanked NYPD Counter-terrorism Bureau for its “quick response” and said an investigation is ongoing.
The NYPD’s Bomb Squad has cleared both devices found earlier this morning at Fulton Center.
Thank you @NYPDCT for the quick response and everyone who kept calm through this.
An investigation is ongoing. https://t.co/CJJA8jdu9i
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) August 16, 2019
At a press conference Friday, NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counter-terrorism John Miller said that “there is a person of interest” following the incident, but stopped short of calling him a suspect. Video from the subway complex shows a white man pushing a shopping cart containing rice cookers and leaving them in the complex.
Subway service has resumed, although delays are expected.
