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NY Cops Probe 2 Similar Bombings

Serial bomber could be at work in Manhattan

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 7, 2008 5:10 AM CST
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(Newser) – Police and federal agents are looking into striking similarities between yesterday's Times Square bombing and two earlier explosions to determine if there could be a serial bomber at work, the New York Times reports. The device, timing, method of delivery and suspect in the Times Square attack at a military recruitment center strongly resemble those in last year's bombing of the Mexican consulate and the 2005 bombing of the British consulate in Manhattan.

Nobody was hurt in any of the bombings, which all occurred within the same 30-minute pre-dawn time frame. Experts are looking for clues as to what kind of person or group they're dealing with. A male suspect seen cycling away is likely "a frustrated individual trying to send a message—but it is a very confused message," said a criminal profiler.

Police officers with the Washington Metropolitan Police Department sit in their cruiser in front of an Armed Forces Recruiting Center, Thursday, March 6, 2008, in Washington. Police are investigating letters that arrived Thursday at Capitol Hill offices containing a photo of the New York Times Square military recruiting office before...
Police officers with the Washington Metropolitan Police Department sit in their cruiser in front of an Armed Forces Recruiting Center, Thursday, March 6, 2008, in Washington. Police are investigating...   (Associated Press)
This photo released by the New York Police Dept. from a private security camera shows an explosion at the Times Square military recruiting station Thursday morning March 6, 2008 in New York. Police released footage from a private security camera on Thursday showing a cyclist riding up to the station...
This photo released by the New York Police Dept. from a private security camera shows an explosion at the Times Square military recruiting station Thursday morning March 6, 2008 in New York. Police released...   (Associated Press)
New York police officers with the bomb squad unit inspect the damage caused by an explosive device to the military recruitment station, center, in New York's Times Square Thursday, March 6, 2008. Police say there were no injuries in the blast. (AP Photo/David Karp)
New York police officers with the bomb squad unit inspect the damage caused by an explosive device to the military recruitment station, center, in New York's Times Square Thursday, March 6, 2008. Police...   (Associated Press)
New York police officers with the bomb squad unit inspect the damage done by an explosive device to the military recruitment center Thursday, March 6, 2008 in New York's Times Square. New York City police say some kind of explosive device was set off near a military recruiting station in...
New York police officers with the bomb squad unit inspect the damage done by an explosive device to the military recruitment center Thursday, March 6, 2008 in New York's Times Square. New York City police...   (Associated Press)
Ramon Xilotl Ramirez, consul general of Mexico in New York, briefs the media after two improvised explosives caused minor damage to windows at the Mexican Consulate General in New York, Friday, Oct. 26, 2007. (AP Photo/David Karp)
Ramon Xilotl Ramirez, consul general of Mexico in New York, briefs the media after two improvised explosives caused minor damage to windows at the Mexican Consulate General in New York, Friday, Oct. 26,...   (Associated Press)
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