8 May 2010

Alert in Times Square

10:07 am on 8 May 2010

Police in New York on Friday closed part of Times Square as part of an investigation into a suspicious package.

Several blocks of Seventh Avenue were closed to traffic and pedestrians and the bomb squad was at the scene.

However, CNN reports the alert is now over.

A failed bomb attempt in Times Square last Saturday night has heightened security concerns in the city.

A man appeared in court on Tuesday in connection with the incident, which involved a homemade bomb of gasoline, propane gas, fireworks and fertilizer.