Two Bombs Exploded at UK Consulate in NYC

Two bombs exploded outside the British consulate in New York today in an election-day terror scare.

The blasts rocked the high-rise office building in Manhattan shortly before 4am local time, shattering windows and damaging a car.

They follow warnings by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair that al Qaeda may try to disrupt the general election with a Madrid-style bombing in London. British embassies around the world are on a state of high alert.

New York police described the bombs as plastic "novelty devices", one the size and shape of a pineapple and the second the shape of a lemon.

The devices detonated within a minute of each other in concrete plant containers, which had been placed to prevent suicide bombers driving into the building.

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Good thing no one got injured or killed by these going off. Hope we can find who did it.

[edit on 5-5-2005 by andpau66]

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