The NYPD is vigilant and determined in our unceasing efforts to ensure the safety of this city and the security of its eight and a half million residents. We also cannot lose sight of how serious this situation was. The last time that an IED targeting people was deployed in New York City was in 2017. when Akayad Ulla detonated a device strapped to his torso in the pedestrian underpass connecting the Port Authority Bus Terminal and the Times Square subway station. (07:01–07:08)
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Asserts that the last IED targeting people in NYC was in 2017.
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