Car Bomb in New York Defused
New York City police have defused an improvised car bomb parked in Times Square, one of the city’s busiest tourist areas.
They say propane tanks, fireworks, petrol and a clock device were removed from a parked sports utility vehicle.
So far, there is no evidence that it was more than a “one-off event”, the US homeland security chief said.
Forensic evidence including fingerprints had been recovered, Janet Napolitano told NBC television.
Early on Sunday the vehicle was towed to a forensic lab in the city’s Queens district and Times Square was reopened.
Part of the district – where many theatres are sited – had been sealed off on Saturday night after the bomb alert.
Both US President Barack Obama and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg praised the quick response by the New York Police Department.