‘Pipe Bomb-Style Device’ Explodes Along Military 5K Run In Seaside NJ

Authorities said the lag in the start of the race, reportedly because of late registrations, proved fortuitous, as the bomb went off before runners were on the race course.

The White House said President Barack Obama has been apprised of the explosion in New York City and will be updated as additional information becomes available.

Officials described the bombs as a rudimentary timer based device.

Twenty-nine people in Chelesa were injured in a street-corner explosion that law enforcement sources said was caused by an intentionally detonated improvised device in that sent shrapnel flying into pedestrians Saturday night, The blast shattered windows, shook buildings, closed subways and blocked buses from their routes.

“We’re out there conducting interviews, we’re out there securing evidence and we’re making sure there is no stone left unturned”, said Brad Cohen, who is the special agent in charge of the Newark, New Jersey, office, according to CNN.

Authorities said there was a report of at least one other explosive device that a New Jersey state police bomb team would “make safe”, but further details were not disclosed.

A device exploded in a garbage pail in the U.S. state of New Jersey on Saturday along the route of a planned road run, local prosecutor’s office said.

Numerous state and federal law enforcement agencies were investigating, but authorities said they did not know the motive for the blast. But the start of the race had been delayed and no one was in the immediate area when the blast happened.

The race organizers said the run was cancelled because an unattended backpack was found in the area.

The race – the third annual Semper Five run – was canceled.

“Obviously, if you look at a number of these incidents, you can call them whatever you want – they are terrorism, though”, Christie said.

Three people were killed and 260 injured when bombs exploded at the finishing line of the Boston Marathon in 2013.

It wasn’t immediately clear if the charity race would be rescheduled.

Chris Christie said Sunday it’s still unclear if the explosion that went off near a Marine Corps 5K race in his state Saturday was connected to other incidents, including one NY, but “they are terrorism”. “I said all I can give you is that it was a device contained within a trash receptacle”, Della Fave said.

He also said there is video of the explosion, and police are gathering more video from the area.

Al Della Fave, communications officer for the Ocean County Prosecutor’s office said yesterday the device appeared to be a targeted attack against the participants of the Marine Corps Charity 5k and said he has not ruled out the possibility of the bombing to be a terrorist attack.