2023-11-22 22:14:50
The situation is “very fluid”. The Rainbow Bridge, a border bridge linking the United States to Canada near Niagara Falls, was closed to traffic on Wednesday after a vehicle explosion, the FBI office in the city of Buffalo said ( New York State). Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to Parliament about a “very serious situation”. According to American media, the two occupants of the car died, and a border guard was slightly injured, without needing to be hospitalized.
Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said there was “conflicting information” about what happened, and that it was too early to “speculate.” Selon Fox News, it would be an “attempted terrorist attack” with a vehicle containing explosives. But according to NBC News, the vehicle, after being redirected to a secondary inspection area, accelerated then crashed into a toll booth, which caused a fire followed by an explosion. Still according to NBC, authorities did not find any explosive devices during preliminary searches.
FBI terrorist unit mobilized
According to the Niagara Falls town hall, the vehicle coming from Canada exploded at the American toll booth. Images shared by Buffalo’s local ABC channel show a charred car wreck and a heavily damaged toll booth.
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The governor of New York State, Kathy Hochul, will go there and “work with the FBI terrorism unit to monitor all points of entry” into her state.
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