FRESH BOMB THREAT: Explosion at New Jersey train station day after New York blast
AN EXPLOSION has taken place at a New Jersey train station after a backpack riddled with IEDs was discovered by two homeless men amid fears America is in the midst of co0ordinated terror attacks.
Blast near Elizabeth NJ train station as police robot inspects suspicious device
A bomb squad was called to the Northeast Corridor train tracks in Elizabeth, New Jersey, after five explosive devices was found in a backpack.
But as a robot was working on the package, it exploded, according to a police officer at the scene – it was reportedly not a controlled blast, indicating it could have been triggered remotely.
Elizabeth Mayor, Chris Bollwage, said had the bomb not been discovered before it went off it "would have killed and hurt many".
There are not believed to be any casualties at this stage.
The suspicious item was found in the area of North Broad and Westfield Avenue by two men who were sifting through rubbish.
They noticed the device was hooked-up to a mobile phone and had sticking out of it and immediately alerted police.
Mayor Bollwage said the Union County Bomb Squad determined it could be a bomb. The FBI is also on scene.
The FBI have said the device is similar in appearance to the pipe bomb found at a Marine Corps fun run in nearby Seaside Park a day earlier.
Suspicious Device Near Elizabeth train station in New Jersey
Another 'bomb' has been found at Elizabeth station New Jersey
This is the scene as bomb squads evacuate Elizabeth, New Jersey
The area is in lockdown and a hazmat team has also been requested to the scene.
Police are evacuating and securing the area around the train line.
All transport links in the surrounding area are closed.
Authorities are on the scene looking for more devices
It is not known if this incident is connected to the other two.