<p>The busy centre has been re-opened after the police evacuated it following a report of a suspicious package around 9 pm local time.<br /><br />The package that was found in the garbage has now been declared as a ‘harmless empty bag’ after being checked by a bomb squad, the NYPD said.<br /><br />This is the third evacuation to happen in the past 11 days, during which such false alarms have increased considerably.<br /><br />The police have received hundreds of suspicious package calls after a failed bombing attempt by Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad on May 1.<br /><br />Shahzad had allegedly tried to blow up the Time Square by leaving a car bomb in a Nissan Pathfinder in the area.<br /><br />Shahzad, who was arrested 53 hours later trying to escape to Dubai on an Emirates flight, was apprehended at the John F Kennedy airport.</p>
<p>The busy centre has been re-opened after the police evacuated it following a report of a suspicious package around 9 pm local time.<br /><br />The package that was found in the garbage has now been declared as a ‘harmless empty bag’ after being checked by a bomb squad, the NYPD said.<br /><br />This is the third evacuation to happen in the past 11 days, during which such false alarms have increased considerably.<br /><br />The police have received hundreds of suspicious package calls after a failed bombing attempt by Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad on May 1.<br /><br />Shahzad had allegedly tried to blow up the Time Square by leaving a car bomb in a Nissan Pathfinder in the area.<br /><br />Shahzad, who was arrested 53 hours later trying to escape to Dubai on an Emirates flight, was apprehended at the John F Kennedy airport.</p>