Explosive Blast Blows Out Upper East Side NYC Starbucks Windows
Explosive Blast Blows Out Upper East Side NYC Starbucks Windows for the forth time as an explosion outside a Starbucks on the Upper East Side of Manhattan sent frightened people running into the street early Monday morning, May 25th, 2009.
Authorities are investigating an explosion in a Manhattan Upper East Side neighborhood, that blew out the windows of a Starbucks coffeehouse at East 92nd Street and Third Avenue at 3:25 a.m.
A “low order improvised explosive device” exploded after being left on a wooden bench in front of the coffeehouse, stated New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. The blast was heard many blocks away.
Seven people were briefly evacuated from the building above the Starbucks, police stated, but no one was injured and the interior of the Starbucks sustained no real damage.
Explosive Blast Blows Out Upper East Side NYC Starbucks Windows and authorities are investigating this incident to see if it could be tied to other minor explosions in New York City in the past few years. This includes explosions at the British and Mexican consulates and another incident in Times Square.
Authorities have one similar MO and that is that they all happened around the same time of night He did note one immediate similarity between the detonations: All occurred at roughly the same time of night. He said the police would continue to analyze other similarities.
In other cities, Starbucks has been the target of low grade explosions. Perhaps it is someone like me who remembers a 10 cent cup of coffee. I have never had a cup of java in a Starbucks.
Authorities plan to examine surveillance cameras for information that could lead investigators to the bomber.
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A lot of people don’t like Starbucks for some reason so this doesn’t surprise me at all.
I am just so glad nobody got hurt for this stupid act.