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PHL consulate: No reports of Filipino casualties in New York subway blast

In final preparation for New Year’s Eve, the iconic Times Square New Year’s Eve ball was lit and sent up the 130-foot pole atop One Times Square for one final test run before the countdown to 2017.(from Reuters video)

(Eagle News) — There are no reports of Filipinos injured in the subway attack in Times Square on Monday so far.

The Philippine Consulate General urged the Filipino-American community to contact  9172940196 should they know of any  Filipino or Filipino-American affected by the attack police said was done by Akayed Ullah using a home-made pipe bomb.

At least four people, including the Bangladeshi suspect, were hurt in the attack.

 
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