New York subway under threat: transit agency
Posted on: Thursday, 6 October 2005, 16:38 CDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City has received threats against its subway system and is adding extra police officers to protect the transit system, said Tom Kelly, the mass transit agency's spokesman.
"My understanding is there are threats against the system," Kelly said. "We're deploying additional police and canine units as is the New York Police Department."
Kelly declined to comment on any details about the threats. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and police chief Ray Kelly also declined to comment on the threat but were set to hold a brief briefing shortly.
New York has been on high alert for another attack since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.
City police began searches of passengers' backpacks and luggage on the transit system after July bombings on London's transit system but those extra security precautions have been little in evidence in recent weeks.
Rep. Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said he had spoken to police chief Kelly, who told him, "there was a credible threat to the New York transit system." Speaking to CNN, King offered no other details.
New York subways carry 7 million riders daily.
Source: REUTERS
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