New York – Police in New York City say hundreds of 911 callers have reported suspicious packages since the Saturday night explosion in Manhattan.
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Police say they’ve received 406 phone calls of suspicious packages throughout the five boroughs between 8:30 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Monday.
None of the packages turned out to contain explosives.
Police Commissioner James O’Neill told reporters Wednesday he wants New Yorkers to report what they see.
A pressure-cooker bomb packed with shrapnel exploded Saturday evening in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. More than two dozen people were injured. A second bomb discovered blocks away didn’t explode. It was removed by a bomb unit robot.
Federal prosecutors have charged Ahmad Khan Rahami with planting those bombs as well as others in New Jersey.