Bill de Blasio, the New York mayor, said the police presence on the streets would be bigger than ever this week Andres Kudacki/APNew York was on terror alert last night with a hunt under way for a bomber who planted two explosive devices in the city as world leaders gathered for the United Nations General Assembly. One bomb went off on Saturday night, injuring 29 people. Andrew Cuomo, the New York governor, called it an act of terrorism but said that no link had been uncovered to an overseas group. The site of the explosion in the Chelsea neighbourhood of Manhattan Justin Lane/EpaA second improvised device, made from a pressure cooker, was found four blocks away in the same fashionable Chelsea neighbourhood of Manhattan. Bill de Blasio, the New York City mayor, said that…

Source: The Times September 18, 2016 23:02 UTC