Explosion reported in Times Square

[dlk001]

Has anyone got more info on this?

(CNN) -- New York police are investigating a reported explosion in Times Square on Thursday morning, police said.

Authorities said the blast occurred around 3:45 a.m.

Police and fire squads were in the area around West 43rd Street. There were no images of damage or evidence of injuries in footage from the scene.

 

[andres101]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1308233,00.html

Police have cordoned off a section of Times Square in New York following reports of a small explosion.
The New York police department's bomb squad and firefighters have been sent to the area.

The blast is believed to have gone off outside a military recruitment station in the early hours.

It blew out a window in the building, witnesses said.

A woman told a local TV station she heard a "huge bang" from her hotel room.
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"I was on the 44th floor and I heard it. I can feel it from up there," a woman told WABC-TV.

Police could not confirm that an explosive device was set off in the area.

There have been no reports of injuries.

Subway services have been disrupted after trains were being prevented from entering the square.

 

[Nanfeishen]

Pretty much the same on the BBC as the above post:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7280963.stm

 

[theratman]

a cherrybomb?that could blow out a window,i think.

 

[Alan]

At least makes a change from hideous old moonbats flashing their sagging boobs to protest against recruitment centers

 

[CathJ]

There's more on iol - doesn't seem to be a very big deal:

New York - A small explosion has caused minor damage to a US military recruiting centre in New York's Times Square area in the early hours of Thursday but there were no injuries, police said.

NY1 television said a small bomb or incendiary device was thrown at the one-story building around 3.45am (local time), causing a small break in one of the windows.

Police said minor damage was caused to the building's door.

Nino Reyes, 26, said he had just opened his coffee and snack stand when he heard an explosion and saw a plume of red smoke shoot up and then turn black.

He said he saw three or four people running away.

Police closed off traffic in the streets around the busy tourist area between 42nd Street and 44th Street, and said a bomb squad searching the area.