US | Pittsburgh Bomb Scare Disrupts Pittsburgh Marathon Cops find device in microwave oven By John Johnson Posted May 2, 2010 1:01 PM CDT Copied A bomb squad member and a robot after detonating a device during the Pittsburgh Marathon May 2, 2010. A suspected explosive device inside a microwave diverted runners as they neared the finish line. (AP Photo/Tribune-Review, Philip G. Pavely) Pittsburgh police had to reroute the end of the city's marathon this morning after they discovered a "suspicious explosive device" inside a microwave oven, reports the Post-Gazette. They safely detonated the device with a robot. The incident comes with headlines of yesterday's Times Square bomb square still fresh. Pittsburgh cops were reviewing surveillance tapes to see if they could determine who placed the microwave on a city sidewalk. They released few details of what was inside, saying only that X-rays revealed contents "that were definitely questionable and highly suspicious." Read These Next Harry Potter's Emma Watson just lost her license. The country of Eswatini is about to be on your radar. 500 tons of emergency food for kids abroad: Headed for the trash. Trump has dubbed it the 'Jeffrey Epstein Hoax.' Report an error