“At approximately 10:30 a.m. on Monday morning, a uniformed Linden police officer approached a man later identified as Rahami outside a bar on East Elizabeth Avenue, according to the investigation”, said Park in a statement.
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Police on Monday arrested an Afghanistan-born American who they suspect of detonating a bomb in the heart of New York City and planting other devices, capturing the 28-year-old in a dramatic gun battle that wounded him and two officers.
A bloodied Rahami was loaded into the back of an ambulance, just 50 hours after the first blast that started it all.
Details on the suspect were quickly emerging: Mr. Rahami was born in Afghanistan in 1988 but became a naturalized USA citizen when his parents emigrated to Elizabeth, New Jersey in the 1990s.
NY mayor Bill de Blasio said authorities were not now looking for any other suspects in connection with an “act of terror”.
Authorities also want to speak to his wife, who left the United States a few days before the bombings, a law enforcement official said on condition of anonymity.
(New Jersey State Police via AP). An unexploded pressure-cooker device was also found four blocks away and was being analyzed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. As law enforcement cordoned off the area, investigators found a pressure cooker four blocks away.
Sources told CNN he is also believed to be connected to pipe bombs found Sunday night in Elizabeth, New Jersey, though there is no direct evidence.
Investigators will likely look to leverage his personal relationships to get information, DePaul said.
In addition to the five charges of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, Rahami was also charged with second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful goal, Park said.
Investigators said they had not yet determined a motive for the bombings and there was no indication that an extremist cell was operating in the area, William Sweeney of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s NY division told a news conference.
His last known address was in Elizabeth, the same city where the backpack with explosives was found Sunday night.
His family has a history of clashing with the community over the restaurant, which used to be open 24 hours a day.
Bollwage said the Federal Bureau of Investigation was bringing another robot to remove the four remaining devices found in New Jersey, WUNF News reported.
Authorities zeroed in on him as the potential bomber after a fingerprint and DNA lifted from one of the NY sites and “clear as day” surveillance video from the bombing scene helped identify him, according to three law enforcement who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case.
Another law enforcement official says investigators pulled over a vehicle carrying three men and two women “associated” with Rahami when it appeared headed toward an airport Sunday.
The suit was settled in 2012 in the city’s favor, Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage told reporters.
Rahami was identified Sunday afternoon through a fingerprint, a senior law enforcement official said.
No one was injured in the Saturday morning explosion along the route of a running race in Seaside Park, about 60 miles south of Manhattan, New Jersey State Police said.
Another police officer was grazed by a bullet. Authorities said neither officer’s injuries were life-threatening. The man was initially presumed to be a vagrant, but police officers who responded quickly realized it was Rahami, Democratic Linden Mayor Derek Armstead said.
Ahmad Khan Rahami (c.) on a stretcher after his arrest. The organization and the Afghan Embassy in Washington condemned the bombings. This frame from surveillance video released by the New Jersey State Police shows Ahmad Khan Rahami, wanted for questioning Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, in bombings that rocked the Chelsea neighborhood of NY and the Ne.
An image of Ahmad Khan Rahami, who is wanted for questioning in connection with an explosion in New York City, is seen in a a poster released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on September 19, 2016.
Hillary Clinton said her rival’s anti-Muslim rhetoric gives “aid and comfort” to Islamic terrorists by helping them recruit fighters.
Rahami’s father, Mohammad, and two of Rahami’s brothers sued the city of Elizabeth in 2011 after it passed an ordinance requiring their restaurant, First American Fried Chicken, to close early because of complaints from neighbors that it was a late-night nuisance. The Rahamis charged in the lawsuit they were targeted by police because they’re Muslims.
“He was more quiet and more mature”, Jones said.
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“He’s always in there”. He’s a very friendly guy, that’s what’s so scary.
