The New York City blast occurred on the same day an explosion went off near a Marine Corps charity run in New Jersey and a man stabbed nine people at a Minnesota mall.
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She wouldn’t provide further details, but a government official and a law enforcement official who were briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press that five people in the auto were being questioned at an FBI building in lower Manhattan.
Ahmad Khan Rahimi, 28, is wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in connection with at least one NYC-area bombing, the Federal Bureau of Investigation says.
It contained up to five devices, Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage said. He says one was struck in a protective vest and the other in the hand. Rahami is wanted for questioning in connection with an explosion that occurred on September 17, 2016, at approximately 8:30 p.m.in the vicinity of 135 West 23rd Street, New York, New York.
The shootout came after a weekend of fear and dread in NY and New Jersey.
EARLIER STORY:Authorities investigating the New York and New Jersey explosion cases were searching on Monday for a 28-year-old New Jersey man who may be armed and risky, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
The explosion happened in Chelsea, Manhattan, on Saturday. The New Jersey race was cancelled and no one was injured. No one was injured.
New York police are looking for a 28-year-old man for questioning in the New York City bombing.
Mayor Bill de Blasio pleaded for any witnesses to provide tips and promised a security presence that would be “bigger than ever” for the United Nations General Assembly bringing together world leaders in Manhattan for six days starting Tuesday.
Saturday night’s blast in the bustling Chelsea neighborhood injured 29 people, and another unexploded device made out of pressure cooker was found several blocks away. Law enforcement officials told NPR that the bombs found in New Jersey on Sunday night were similar to the one found late Saturday in Chelsea.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says investigators have no reason to believe that there are further threats, but the public should “be on constant guard”. “Things are moving very quickly”.
Early Monday, FBI agents swarmed an apartment above a fried chicken restaurant in Elizabeth that’s tied to Rahami. The activity came hours after one of five devices found at the nearby Elizabeth train station exploded while a bomb squad robot attempted to disarm it.
NEW YORK-Investigators sifted through blast remnants Sunday, examined video and scoured the scene of an explosion that wounded 29 people in Manhattan, attempting to establish if there were any links to worldwide terrorism.
Cuomo had said Sunday that there was no evidence to suggest that the bombing was related to worldwide terrorism, but he appeared to walk that back Monday.
About 10 minutes later, surveillance video shows the same man with what appears to be the same duffel bag on West 27th street, multiple law enforcement sources said.
“It is certainly leaning more in the direction that this was a specific act of terror”, de Blasio said in an interview on Good Morning America. Cuomo said on MSNBC: “Today’s information suggests it may be foreign-related, but we’ll see where it goes”.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said in television interviews that President Barack Obama, who is already in NY, was being briefed on the case. Spokesman Josh Earnest said Obama will comment publicly later Monday.
A law enforcement official told The Associated Press that the explosion appears to have come from a construction toolbox in front of a building. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the person wasn’t authorized to speak about an ongoing investigation.
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Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer said the Chelsea explosion was not in a dumpster but next to one in the street. Four blocks away on 27th Street, a pressure-cooker device was found with a piece of paper with writing on it close by, officials said.
