New York police alert in face of bomb threat

NEW YORK’S police department amassed a display of force yesterday, including checkpoints that snarled traffic, in response to intelligence about a car or truck bomb plot linked to the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

Officers armed with automatic weapons were stationed at city landmarks including Wall Street, Times Square and the September 11 memorial site where the Twin Towers once stood.

US officials called the threat “credible but unconfirmed” and timed to the anniversary of the plane attacks that killed 2,995 people in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.