There are reports of a terror attack in New York City, after an explosion was felt Monday morning in a Subway station near Times Square.
Commuters said they felt a blast in the Subway tunnels underneath the Port Authority Bus Terminal around 7:30am. The bus terminal is a major transit hub for people commuting to and from New Jersey by bus, and is located just a block from Times Square.
Police have taken one man into custody, who was carrying a pipe bomb with a battery back, a source told the New York Post. He was injured when the bomb malfunctioned, but is alive and in stable condition, according to the FDNY.
While the suspect has not been identified by name, former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton told MSNBC's Morning Joe that he's a man in his 20s, possibly from Bangladesh.
He added that the suspect 'supposedly was setting the device off in the name of ISIS' and that it was 'definitely a terrorist attack, definitely intended'.
CNN reports that it appears the Subway was not the intended target of the pipe bomb, and that it may have went off prematurely.
They also learned that the device was homemade and could have caused catastrophic damage if it went off as intended.
So far, the only reports of injuries are to the suspect himself.
Law enforcement agencies have responded to the scene and have set up a perimeter around the area.
The entire Port Authority Bus Terminal has been shut down, as well as the subway station underneath it.
The blast happened less than a week after President Trump sparked violence in the Middle East by officially recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital city.
Palestinians leaders vowed 'three days of rage' to protest the controversial decision.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted Monday morning that the president had been briefed on the situation.
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