According to several American media outlets, the vehicle that exploded a few hours ago on a bridge over the US-Canada border near Niagara Falls was a car bomb.
The vehicle explosion on the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls on the US-Canada border was an attempted terrorist attack. Two suspects were killed in the explosion and a border official was injured. The vehicle was en route from the United States to… pic.twitter.com/XrHfHmkOGM
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The Niagara Gazette notes that there are “two dead and one border guard slightly injured”; ABC also said there were “multiple victims.”
The Rainbow Bridge is now closed in both directions, just a day before Thanksgiving, a day of heavy vehicle traffic between both countries.
Canada’s Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc called the incident “very serious,” while there has been no official response from the U.S. government.