On September 17–19, 2016, a series of three constructed bombs exploded, and several unexploded devices were discovered in the New York metropolitan area followed by a subsequent shooting in Linden, Ne
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and State Governor Andrew Cuomo tour the site of the Manhattan bombing
Surveillance image of Ahmad Khan Rahimi, who was arrested following a manhunt
A police officer speaks to a person as fire crews work at the site of the Manhattan bombing
St. Vincent de Paul Church in 2017, with boarded-up windows due to the explosion
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A pressure cooker bomb is an improvised explosive device created by inserting explosive material into a pressure cooker and attaching a blasting cap into the cover of the cooker.
2016 New York and New Jersey bombings
…12:40 a.m. Linden shootout: September 19, 2016, 11:23 a.m. (All times are UTC-04:00) Attack type Bombing, shootout, terrorism, attempted murder Weapons Pressure cooker bombs, pipe bombs, 9mm Glock pistol Deaths 0 Injured 34 (31 civilians in Manhattan, 2 police officers and the perpetrator in Linden) Perpetrator Ahmad Khan…
Pressure cooker fragment believed by the FBI to be part of one of the explosive devices used in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings
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Justice Department diagram showing positioning of pressure cooker in Faisal Shahzad's vehicle in New York’s Times Square bombing
Aftermath of the first blast of the Boston Marathon bombing