The country was shaken by a trio of attacks over the weekend including a Saturday night bombing that injured 29 in Manhattan and a stabbing attack at a Minnesota shopping mall that wounded nine. A deafening roar and powerful shock rocked Manhattan's popular Chelsea neighbourhood late on Saturday after a pressure-cooker bomb packed with shrapnel exploded. No suspects were immediately identified in the New York and New Jersey attacks. The United States has experienced a series of deadly attacks over the past year by gunmen inspired by Islamic State, which has been fighting a long civil war in Syria. Amaq, the news agency affiliated with Islamic State, issued a statement on Sunday calling the attacker "a soldier of the Islamic State."

Source: thestar September 18, 2016 22:52 UTC