New York City Police Department (NYPD) vehicles patrol in Time Square after a man was arrested in an alleged plot to buy grenades for an attack on Times Square in New York, US, June 7, 2019. New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers patrol in Time Square after a man was arrested in an alleged plot to buy grenades for an attack on Times Square in New York, US, June 7, 2019. ReutersThe bustling, tourist-clogged area around Times Square in midtown Manhattan has been the site of attempted attacks in recent years. In 2017, a man detonated a pipe bomb in the crowded subway corridor that connects the busy Port Authority Bus Terminal to Times Square. In 2010, an attempted car-bombing in Times Square was stopped when a sidewalk vendor saw smoke coming out of an SUV and called police.

Source: bd News24 June 07, 2019 17:11 UTC