Times Square is evacuated after GRENADE is found in back of Uber - as NYPD bomb squad say they struggled to reach explosive because crowds of anti-Israel protestors were blocking traffic
By Martha Williams
Daily Mail
March 2, 2024
Times Square is evacuated after a grenade was found in the back of Uber as anti-Israel protestors make their way through New York City preventing NYPD from reaching the device
Times Square is evacuated after a grenade was found in the back of Uber as anti-Israel protestors make their way through New York City preventing NYPD from reaching the device.
The explosive device was located in the backseat of the vehicle in Midtown Manhattan on Saturday.
An Uber driver turned to look in the backseat after dropping a passenger off on 42nd Street and 7th Avenue in Times Square and saw the explosive device.
The driver notified the police just after 4 pm and NYPD deployed the Emergency Services Unit and the Bomb Squad to the scene.
Anti-Israel protestors were marching through the streets and blocking traffic at the time of the emergency.
The explosive device was located in the backseat of the vehicle in Midtown Manhattan on Saturday
Several protestors were arrested by NYPD during the march up Sixth Avenue as the mobs reached Bryant Park - though it isn't clear what sparked the arrests
The protestors made it difficult for emergency services to navigate their way through the crowds.
Eventually, cops were able to establish a security perimeter around the Nissan Altima that contained the grenade.
They closed off pedestrian and vehicle traffic on 42nd Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues.
The grenade was believed to be inert, according to a police source.
Thousands of anti-Israel protestors had been making their way up Sixth Avenue on Saturday to speak out amidst the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
The protest, which organizers described as part of a 'global day of action,' started in Washington Square Park at around 1 pm
The protestors made it difficult for emergency services to navigate their way through the crowds
Massive crowds gathered in the park, despite the rain New Yorkers faced all day on Saturday
As the protestors marched up Sixth Avenue, cops followed closely behind them
Police officers stand during a protest that organizers billed as the 'Millions March for Gaza', a global day of action opposing the impending Israel operation into Rafa
Demonstrators hold umbrellas as it rained heavily in New York City during the protest on Saturday
The protest, which organizers described as part of a 'global day of action,' started in Washington Square Park at around 1 pm.
Massive crowds gathered in the park, despite the rain New Yorkers faced all day on Saturday.
As the protestors marched up Sixth Avenue, cops followed closely behind them.
Several protestors were arrested by NYPD as the mobs reached Bryant Park - though it isn't clear what sparked the arrests, Daily News reported.
DailyMail.com reached out to the NYPD for details on the arrests but no information has been released yet.
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