Explosives at NYC Cemetery More Than 13 Years Old
AP
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly holds a photo of explosives found in New York City Marble Cemetery on Manhattan’s Lower East Side
Police say the military-grade explosives found buried at a historic New York City cemetery are more than 13 years old.
NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Tuesday that the explosives did not have an identifying piece that all military C-4 were required to have after 1997.
It’s still unclear who placed the plastic bag of explosives at the foot of a tombstone in New York City Marble Cemetery on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
A caretaker who was gardening dug up the bag in 2009, didn’t realize what it was and left it. It remained until a volunteer saw it and called police Monday.
The discovery caused a bomb scare and shut down the area until police determined it couldn’t detonate.
New York City Police stand inside the grounds of the NYC Marble Cemetery in the East Village where explosives were found
