DATE=7/31/97
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-217960
TITLE=BROOKLYN EXPLOSIVES (S & L)
BYLINE=MAX RUSTON
DATELINE=NEW YORK
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: OFFICIALS IN NEW YORK CITY SAY THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THE
POSSIBILITY OF A TERRORIST CONNECTION FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY
TODAY (THURSDAY) OF SEVERAL EXPLOSIVE DEVICES IN A NEW YORK CITY
APARTMENT. V-O-A'S MAX RUSTON REPORTS FROM OUR NEW YORK BUREAU.
TEXT: FIVE EXPLOSIVE DEVICES WERE DISCOVERED AFTER POLICE RAIDED
AN APARTMENT IN NEW YORK'S BROOKLYN BOROUGH, AND ARRESTED THREE
MEN DESCRIBED AS MIDDLE EASTERN. SOON AFTER POLICE ENTERED THE
APARTMENT, ONE OF THE MEN REACHED FOR WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE A
DETONATOR. POLICE THEN OPENED FIRE, INJURING TWO OF THE (THREE)
ARRESTED MEN.
OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE LAUNCHED A LARGE-SCALE INVESTIGATION INTO
THE INCIDENT. NEW YORK MAYOR RUDOLPH GIULIANI SAYS HE IS NOT
RULING OUT A TERRORIST LINK, OR A POSSIBLE CONNECTION TO THE TWO
SUICIDE BOMBINGS THAT TOOK PLACE WEDNESDAY IN JERUSALEM, KILLING
MORE THAN ONE DOZEN PEOPLE.
/// REST OPTIONAL ///
/// GIULIANI ACT ///
THERE IS NO CONNECTION IN THE SENSE OF A LINK BETWEEN
THE TWO INCIDENTS, AT LEAST AS IT HAS EMERGED SO FAR.
BUT, THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THE
PEOPLE ARRESTED WAS YESTERDAY EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR
WHAT HAPPENED IN ISRAEL AND WAS GRATIFIED THAT IT HAD
OCCURRED.
/// END ACT ///
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE
WHERE THE SUSPECTED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES CAME FROM AND WHAT THE MEN
INTENDED TO DO WITH THEM.
NEW YORK WAS THE TARGET OF A MAJOR TERRORIST ATTACK IN 1993, WHEN
THE WORLD TRADE CENTER WAS BOMBED, RESULTING IN THE DEATHS OF SIX
PEOPLE. THE ALLEGED MASTERMIND OF THAT BOMBING, RAMZI YOUSEF, IS
CURRENTLY ON TRIAL IN NEW YORK. (SIGNED)
NEB/NY/MPR/LSF/RRM
31-Jul-97 5:34 PM EDT (2134 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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