The explosion happened around 8:30pm, in Chelsea around 23rd Street between 7th and 8th ave.

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26 injuries have been confirm already, the victims were taking to the hospital. Traffic has been stop going north of 34th street. There’s no 1 and 2 trains between 34th street and chambers street in both directions. The NYPD Counterterrorism Unit is on the scene.

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