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2016-09-19 Home Front: WoT
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Manhattan bombers could have used construction work to hide from CCTV cameras
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The suspects who blew up a bomb and planted another device in New York could have used construction work to hide from CCTV cameras, DailMail.com can reveal.
An analysis of the locations of both devices reveals that both were covered overhead by scaffolding and a temporary cover above the sidewalk. The cover would have made it extremely hard for a camera to see what is going on underneath, especially at night when incident took place.
The cover on West 23rd St, where the bomb went off, runs for much of the block. The cover on West 27th St, where the second device was found, runs for a shorter distance but still conceals the sidewalk where the device was left.
Avoiding being caught on CCTV could have been a deliberate tactic of the attackers; in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 police released images of suspects they were seeking to the public. The photos went viral and, in part thanks to an army of online sleuths, they played a major role in apprehending the culprits, brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
CNN reported that at this stage the NYPD does not have any ‘good’ footage of the bombing in Manhattan and does not have any footage of any suspects.
Police have said that the explosion happened outside the Associated Blind Housing building at 135 West 23rd St. The large building is currently undergoing renovations and images from Google Streetview from June this year show the covered pedestrian walkway that had replaced the sidewalk. Pedestrians would have to walk under a covered section for around 300ft and would not emerge until a long way up the block.
A picture of 27th St posted on Twitter shows that the device was left under some scaffolding there too.
The NYPD has increasingly relied on its network of more than 3,000 CCTV cameras which is known the ‘Ring of Steel’ similar to that used in London. The system is considered one of the most advanced in the world and is mainly focused on the area beneath Canal Street, although Midtown and Chelsea are well covered.
The NYPD does rely on camera footage from individual shops but given there is construction along much of the north side of 23rd St, there are not likely to be cameras there. 
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Posted by Steve White 2016-09-19 00:00||
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