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ABC News: five people in custody in connection to Chelsea explosion

ABC News: five people in custody in connection to Chelsea explosion
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Five people were taken into custody Sunday night following Saturday's explosion in Chelsea, sources tell ABC News.

ABC News reportsthe FBI and NYPD took the five individuals into custody at a traffic stop on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Their identities have not been released.

29 people were hurt in the explosion.They have all been released from hospitals. The explosion appeared to come from a construction tool box in front of a building. A second device, a pressure cooker with wiring and a cell phone, was found a few blocks away. Law enforcement carried out a controlled detonation of the device early Sunday morning.

Hours before the Chelsea explosion, a pipe bomb exploded in Seaside Park, New Jersey. Investigators are looking into whether the two incidents are linked. No one was injured in the New Jersey explosion. A charity 5K run set to happen there was canceled.