NEW YORK CITY — After an explosion in New York City Saturday, police said they found a second intact device nearby, which apparently failed to detonate.
It’s believed to be constructed with a pressure cooker bomb, and had a cell phone attached, said police. Based on what police said Sunday, it’s similar to the device that blew up at the finish line of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.
“It's crude and easy,” said Bob Kinder, retired U.S. Army major.
Kinder, a counter terrorism expert, says groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda frequently post instructions on how to build pressure cooker bombs
“Online, it’s easy to find about the marathon bombing and it’s not that difficult to replicate, unfortunately,” he told FOX25.
Twenty-nine people were injured in Saturday night’s bombing in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, including one Boston University grad.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker says the state is working with its federal partners to monitor any and all developments out of New York.
Authorities determined the Tsarnaev brothers acted alone in Boston, but authorities still do not know who's responsible for what happened in New York.
“As of right now there doesn't appear to be any particular guidance coming from them with respect of where this all originated from but obviously, it’s something were paying very close attention to,” Baker told FOX25.
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