Boston Bombers Had Planned to Attack NY Next: Mayor Bloomberg

New York City Mayor Bloomberg says the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing had intended to attack New York City next.

Published

11 months ago

Categories

US

Topics

United States, Terrorism, Legal, US Politics, Politics & Government

People

Michael Bloomberg, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Places

United States of America, New York City, New York, Boston, Massachusetts

Transcript

ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION STORY: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Thursday the suspects in last week's Boston Marathon bombing had intended to attack New York City next. "Last night we were informed by the FBI that the surviving attacker revealed that New York City was next on their list of targets," Bloomberg said at New York City Hall. Surviving suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his older, now dead, brother Tamerlan, had built additional bombs beyond those set off at the race, Bloomberg said. "He and his older brother intended to drive to New York and detonate those explosives in Times Square," Bloomberg said.