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 NEW YORK (AP) - Police have introduced a new anti-terrorism tool designed to thwart potential subway bombers while reducing the intrusiveness of random bag searches: explosives detectors.
The portable detection devices, tested at two subway stops during Monday evening's rush hour, are designed to chemically analyze swabs taken from the outside of bags for traces of explosives, police said.
"This gives us an instant response," police spokesman Walter Burnes said. "It's faster than a bag search and less intrusive."
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