Times Square subway blast burns suspect, injures 3

Bloomberg

A Brooklyn man wearing a pipe bomb attached with Velcro and zip ties set off an explosive in the Times Square subway station on Monday morning, injuring himself and three others, sending ambulances racing and commuters fleeing
as Christmas shoppers poured into New York City.
The 27-year-old suspect, Akayed Ullah, wore the device that went off shortly after 7 a.m., Police Commissioner James O’Neill said
at a news conference near the scene. Ullah suffe-
red serious burns, while other victims had minor
injuries, he said.
Video surveillance captured the explosion. It showed a crowd of commuters trudging toward the camera when a cloud of smoke and dust bursts into the picture. As the cloud fills the screen, dozens
of commuters run. One person falls to the floor,
apparently injured.
Ullah was taken to Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan, said Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro. The suspect has burns on his hands and abdomen, and serious lacerations,
Nigro said. The three victims were taken to hospitals with minor injuries,
including ringing ears
and headaches, he said.
The attack was the second on New Yorkers in
six weeks, coming after a man in a rented truck drove up a crowded bike path on Halloween. Monday’s explosion came at
the height of Christm-
as season, when the city
is filled with daytrippers and tourists expecting a fairytale Manhattan.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said New York, with its diversity and constant bustle, will be a target for people wishing to spread mayhem and fear.