Suspect among 4 injured in New York ‘terror-related’ subway explosion

KFVS12 News & Weather Cape Girardeau, Carbondale, Poplar Bluff

(RNN) – A suspect is in custody following an attempted terrorist attack in the subway station under the Port Authority Bus Terminal in midtown Manhattan on Monday.

Four people were injured, including the suspect, 27-year-old Akayed Ullah, according to the New York Fire Department. All injuries are non-life-threatening.

NYPD police commissioner James O’Neill called it a “terror-related incident.” He said Ullah intentionally detonated a “low-tech improvised explosive device.” Ullah was taken into custody and was moved to Bellevue Hospital with non-life-threatening wounds and burns.

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