Device Explodes at Marine Race on Jersey Shore: Police
Source: NBC
A device exploded in Seaside Park, New Jersey, Saturday morning as about 5,000 people were set to run a 5k Marine charity race and police are investigating another suspicious package in the shore town, authorities said.
The explosive device went off in a garbage can on D Street and Ocean Avenue at about 9:30 a.m., police said.
The device that exploded was connected to at least one other explosive device that did not detonate in the blast, a law enforcement official said. New Jersey State Police Bomb Squad are dismantling the remaining device and a four-block area around where the explosion went off is shut down until it is rendered safe, police said
The MARSOC Foundation is a non-profit organization that raises money to support "active duty and medically retired MARSOC personnel and their families as well as to the families of Marines and Sailors who have lost their lives in service to our Nation," according to the groups website.
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Race was delayed 9am start, due to late sign ins. IF RACE WAS ON TIME RUNNERS WOULD HAVE BEEN HURT.
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An explosive device went off Saturday in Seaside Park, New Jersey, along the route of a planned road race that was then cancelled, a prosecutor and local media said.
The Ocean County prosecutor's office said on Facebook that no injuries or damage to surrounding structures were reported after a device exploded inside a garbage pail.
Authorities in Seaside Park were evacuating about 30 homes near the site of the explosion, according to the Ocean County sheriff.
An NBC affiliate reported that a pipe bomb went off around 9:30 a.m. in the garbage bin, located along the boardwalk, where a five-kilometre Marine charity run was planned.
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