BLASTS AT BRIT CONSULATE
Two small explosions have damaged a building housing the British Consulate in New York.
The blasts shattered windows in the building but no one has been injured.
Police said shrapnel pieced together at the scene suggested that two "novelty" devices were involved.
One was the size and shape of a pineapple, the second like a lemon. They detonated within a minute of each other. One had some gunpowder inside with a fuse.
A police spokesman said: "It was one of those things you light and then run."
The explosions happened at 3.50am - 8.50am British time.
Scene of the explosions
Scene of the explosions
One device was detonated in one of the cement flower boxes used as a barrier outside the building, situated at 845 Third Avenue, between 51st and 52nd streets - not far from the United Nations building.
The explosion blew out a chunk of the flower box and one window.
The road was closed for two blocks either side of the building, which was surrounded by police and bomb squad experts.
Police are checking if there is any security camera footage of what happened.
The New York consulate helps distressed Britons and can issue emergency British passports for a one-way journey to the UK.
It handles visa applications, as well as issues for British citizens such as the legalisation of documents and notices of marriage.
Yea I read that this morning. What's ironic is that any sort of violent protest against the leadership's current policies is only going to help justify those policies in the minds of the leaders.
See! Just look at all the Terr-ism going on! We need to fight more!
seremtan wrote:If this is turrurusm it's as amateurish as fuck. Bombs in flower pots ffs :icon27:
that's what made me laugh. someone detonating lemons and pineapples in a flower pot, exactly what were they protesting about - equal rights for allotment owners, better minority representation at the chelsea flower show?
seremtan wrote:If this is turrurusm it's as amateurish as fuck. Bombs in flower pots ffs :icon27:
R00k wrote:in the minds of the leaders.
It sounds more to me like some sort of protest against the warmongers (albeit completely the wrong way to go about it), but I'm sure our fearless leaders can find plenty of ammunition in this to use for their own purposes if they want to.
whys that? cuz u actually believe theres a real terrorist threat in the us? trust me asshole...when the govt decides to attack us again u won't see it coming...go out and do what u want...it doesn't matter...they are well armed u have no chance...
a defining attribute of a government is that it has a monopoly on the legitimate exercise of violence...
from what they said on the news, it sounded like a couple of small, fruit-shaped containers filled with gunpowder - probably the equivalent of £10 worth of bangers.
hardly worth the 50p to call someone up and ask if they've checked the basement lately.
