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Device on New York subway train causes injuries - Eyewitness account

Title
Device on New York subway train causes injuries - Eyewitness account
Genre
Interview
TX Date
21 Dec 1994
Year of production
1994
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Duration
00:01:09
Description
Interview with a male eyewitness who describes the immediate aftermath of an explosion that ripped through a New York City subway train. Police say the blast at a station near Wall Street was caused by a homemade incendiary device. The device is believed to have blown up in the lap of a man on the train, which was crowded with Christmas shoppers. Around thirty-seven people are believed to be injured, three of them seriously.
Contributors
None Identified
Keywords
Injuries; Terrorism; Police; Public transport; Railway transport; Underground trains; Underground railway networks; Bombs; Underground railway stations; New York (city)

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