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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Photos Sitemap New York police foil Times Square car bombing AFP - Monday, May 3 Send IM Story Print NEW YORK (AFP) - – Police in New York foiled an attempted car bomb attack in the heart of Times Square thanks to a T-shirt vendor who saw smoke coming from the explosives laden vehicle, officials said Sunday. Bomb squad officers discovered propane gas tanks, fireworks and timing devices loaded into the back of the sports utility vehicle after the T-shirt seller alerted authorities around 6:30 pm (2230 GMT) on Saturday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility although the state governor said it was the work of terrorists. "We are very lucky ... (to) avoid what could have been a very deadly event," the city's Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at an impromptu press conference early Sunday. "The bomb squad confirmed that the suspicious vehicle indeed did contain an explosive device." Scene: Times Square a ghost town Bloomberg also said the bomb was homemade and "looked amateurish" but "certainly could have exploded." New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the device consisted of three propane tanks, consumer-grade fireworks, two gasoline containers, wires and two clocks. "The attempt was to cause a significant amount of fire," he told reporters. Police began "observing white smoke inside and coming out of the rear of the vehicle," Kelly said, and "began to clear pedestrians." The vehicle was moved to a police location, where it will undergo closer scrutiny. Meanwhile, New York state Governor David Paterson called the failed bombing attempt an "act of terrorism." "Luckily, no one is hurt, and now the full attention of city, state and federal law enforcement will be turned to bringing the guilty party to justice in this act of terrorism," Paterson said in a statement. The governor said New Yorkers owed a debt of gratitude to the police and the vigilant T-shirt vendor. The vendor, a Vietnam War veteran, told police officer Wayne Rhatigan that he became concerned after he saw smoke coming from the Nissan SUV. "I did a lap around the vehicle. The inside was smoking," Rhatigan later told the New York Daily News. "I smelled gunpowder and knew it might blow. I thought it might blow any second." Times Square, one of the busiest areas of New York, was locked down for hours before being reopened as security forces entered a huge manhunt for the driver of the dark green Nissan Pathfinder. "We do not know who drove the car," Bloomberg said. "We have no idea who did this or why." Kelly said that the vehicle had license plates belonging to a different vehicle and had been caught driving in the area just before the incident. Related article: NY governor says failed car bomb was terrorism Firefighters, then bomb squad staff were called in. No detail was given on how the components were meant to have fitted together and whether the clocks were used as timers. IntelCenter, a group that monitors extremist activities, also said the attempted attack was a "significant terrorist event." But the the Virginia-based center said it was "too early to determine" the group or individuals behind the bid. The bomb scare raised tensions across the United States where security forces have been on edge since a Christmas Day alleged attempt by a Nigerian man to set off a bomb on a US airliner. The White House said President Barack Obama had been briefed on the incident in Times Square. "The president commended the quick action by the NYPD and asked John Brennan to communicate to NYPD that the federal government is prepared to provide support," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said. Brennan, who is the president's deputy national security adviser, is working with the NYPD and others and will continue to keep the president up to date on the investigation, the White House said. New York City police are on constant alert after a string of terrorist plots and alleged plots in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks. In December they closed Times Square while inspecting a van at first feared to contain a bomb, but which turned out to be carrying nothing dangerous. In February, Afghan immigrant and self-confessed Al-Qaeda agent Najibullah Zazi pleaded guilty to a plot to set off bombs in New York's subway system. The 25-year-old could be sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction, conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country and providing material support to the Al-Qaeda Islamist network. Last year, four New Yorkers went on trial in an alleged plot to bomb a synagogue in the city and shoot down military planes. Nearly 3,000 people died in the 9/11 attacks when airliners hijacked by Islamist suicide squads slammed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, demolishing both sky scrapers. 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