New York, May 02: New York police have evacuated several blocks around the city’s Times Square after it found a car with explosives, gasoline, propane and burned wires.
A Fire Department officer said that a man was seen fleeing the dark-colored sports utility vehicle on Saturday night.
The vehicle was smoking and from which popping sounds were heard earlier.
A bomb squad responded and a small fire was extinguished, said New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne.
Times Square is one of the city’s most high profile attractions and police are deployed there in large numbers.
——–Agencies