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Attempted bomb attack near NY's Times Square injures 4

NEW YORK - An explosive device was detonated near Times Square during the morning rush hour Monday, injuring four people and snarling Manhattan transit, authorities said. "This was an attempted terrorist attack," Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

New York City Police Commissioner James P. O'Neill said in a news conference that the suspect, a 27-year-old man identified as Akayed Ullah, was wearing an "improvised low-tech explosive device" attached to

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