Bomb in New York City

There was a bomb attack on a United States military target, an army recruitment office, in New York City this morning.

At about 9AM Irish time (4AM in New York) an explosive device was detonated at the office in Manhattan.

The incident is reminiscent of IRA attacks on British army recruitment offices. In May 1990, for example, a British soldier was killed when a bomb exploded at an office in Wembley in London, and many other attacks were mounted against such places over the course of the conflict.

This morning's attack was carried out with a small amount of explosives. "This was not a particularly sophisticated device," the New York Police Commissioner stated. The bomb was however "capable of causing injury or death", he said.

There were no casualties and no one has been arrested or questioned about this mornings attack.