5 people taken into custody in connection with New York City explosion

CHELSEA, Manhattan -- Sources say five people were taken into custody this afternoon in connection with Saturday's bombing in Chelsea.

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At 8:45 p.m., the FBI and NYPD conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle of interest in the investigation into the bombing.

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Firefighters arrive at the scene of an apparent explosion in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, in New York, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016.

AP Photo/Andres Kudacki

Police say the men were in a car stopped on the Belt Parkway. They were headed from Staten Island to Brooklyn on the Verrazano Narrows Bridge.

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