Rahami was taken into custody Monday, after being shot in a gun battle with police in Linden, New Jersey; he was taken to a hospital, and two officers sustained nonlife-threatening injuries, authorities said.
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The one in New Jersey, in Seaside Park, exploded on the route of a Marine Corps charity run, but since the race had been delayed, no one was near it when it went off.
That’s the same city where a backpack with multiple bombs inside was found Sunday night, but so far authorities haven’t said whether they believe Rahami has any connection to those explosives.
Rahami’s last known address was in Elizabeth, N.J., where a third bombing incident unfolded early Monday.
New Yorkers will see an increased police presence around the city this week, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
NY was on high alert since a pressure cooker device explosion on Saturday rocked the Chelsea district of Manhattan and another similar device was found only four blocks away. Officials also say the blast did not cause any structural damage.
Law enforcement discovered a pressure cooker device a few blocks away from the first explosion. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the bombs had some similarities but provided no other details.
The FBI said that Rahami was born in Afghanistan but is now a USA citizen and that he should be considered armed and risky.
The Joint Terrorism Task Force was called in to investigate the Chelsea blasts well as the New Jersey incident.
The alert was sent to mobile phones in the New York City tri-state area just before 8 a.m.by CTIA, an global nonprofit that works with the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to issue wireless emergency alerts. “We need to get this guy in right away”, he told CNN. No one was injured.
“Should be considered armed and risky”, they warned as text message alerts were sent to millions of people in NY, where President Barack Obama and other world leaders were attending the UN General Assembly.
Saturday morning: An explosion hits a trash can in Seaside Park, N.J.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Obama had been “updated through the night” and on Monday by his national security team.
The development came hours after a backpack that appeared to contain pipe bombs exploded as a police robot examined it near a New Jersey train station.
Elizabeth Mayor Christian Bollwage says county authorities told him that the officers shot in Linden are expected to be OK.
No terrorist groups have taken credit for the bombings and unexploded devices in New York City and New Jersey, and New York governor Andrew Cuomo has said the attacks do not appear to be an act of global terrorism.
Federal Bureau of Investigation agents search a residence in Elizabeth, N.J., above a restaurant.
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On Sunday night, FBI agents in Brooklyn stopped “a vehicle of interest” in the investigation of the Manhattan explosion, according to FBI spokeswoman Kelly Langmesser.
