Rice cooker 'bombs' sow panic in New York

By Peter Szekely
Updated August 17 2019 - 3:23am, first published 3:19am
A man left two rice cookers in a New York subway, causing panic as they were mistaken for bombs.
A man left two rice cookers in a New York subway, causing panic as they were mistaken for bombs.

Kitchen appliances resembling pressure cookers were left in two locations in New York's Manhattan, disrupting car and subway travel during the morning rush hour before police deemed them harmless.

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