Sunday, March 29, 2015

Police discover body in East Village blast rubble

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Three days after an apparent gas-related explosion destroyed three buildings in Manhattan's East Village, the New York Police Department has found a body in the rubble.



The NYPD confirmed to Mashable that authorities located a body on Sunday, although there are currently limited details about the victim.


"We found no identification on the body at this time, so we are moving to medical examiners' office," a department spokesperson said.


Thursday's explosion left at least 22 people injured (four of them critically) and resulted in two people missing: Nicholas Figueroa, who was on a date at a sushi restaurant affected by the blast, and Moises Lucon, who worked there. Read more...


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