The bomb was placed under a Dumpster made of heavy-gauge steel, and was powerful enough to catapult the metal box across the street. Police in New York used a bomb - disposal robot to remove a suspect device , following a previous explosion that injured 29 people in Manhattan ’s Chelsea neighbourhood . The device , discovered a few block from the site of the first explosion , was described as a " pressure cooker with wires and a cellphone , " and was taken away for forensic examination .
Police in New York used a bomb - disposal robot to remove a suspect device , following a previous explosion that injured 29 people in Manhattan ’s Chelsea neighbourhood . The device , discovered a few block from the site of the first explosion , was described as a " pressure cooker with wires and a cellphone , " and was taken away for forensic examination .