MAN CRAWLS UP FROM SUBWAY HATCH TO THROW SMOKE BOMB AT NEW YORK DINERS (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Saturday, October 11, 2014, 11:55

People dining at a sidewalk cafe in New York’s Greenwich Village. Photograph: Stacy Walsh Rosenstock / Alamy/Alamy

A man emerged from below New York City’s sidewalks through a subway escape hatch, tossed a smoke bomb into a crowd of diners, then disappeared back into the tubes, according to police.

Police told the Guardian they were asking for the public’s help to identify the man, who is described as white, about 20 years old and with wavy blond hair. The man was last seen wearing black gloves, a black baseball cap and a “multi-colored T-shirt”.

“We were just trying to relax and have a nice dinner, and then there was smoke and a bunch of policemen,” Sara Bond, who was visiting from New Orleans, told NBC 4 New York.

The actor Rose McGowan was at the restaurant at the time.

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