Early Monday, FBI agents swarmed the apartment.
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Rahami lived with his family above their fried-chicken restaurant in Elizabeth, and his relatives have clashed with the city over closing times and noise complaints they said were tinged with anti-Muslim sentiment. The discovery of Tannerite may be important as authorities probe whether the two New York City devices and the pipe bomb at the Jersey shore are connected.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said in television interviews that President Barack Obama, who is already in NY, was being briefed on the case.
The lawsuit was terminated in 2012 after Mohammad Ruhami pleaded guilty to blocking police from enforcing the restriction. The city was fighting the claims.
Cellphones were discovered at the site of both bombings, but no Tannerite residue was identified in the New Jersey bomb remnants, in which a black powder was detected, said the official, who wasn’t authorized to comment on an ongoing investigation.
A New Jersey police officer responding to a call about a hoodied vagrant curled up asleep in a bar doorway roused him and quickly recognized the bearded face of perhaps the most wanted man in America.
When investigators approached the man he opened fire striking one officer in the abdomen and another in the hand before shooting indiscriminately at passing vehicles as he walked down the street. The man was conscious when he was taken away in an ambulance.
The shootout came after a weekend of fear and dread in NY and New Jersey.
Also on Saturday, a pipe bomb disrupted a charity run in New Jersey, and a man injured nine people with a knife at a Minnesota shopping mall.
Obama is urging Americans to report suspicious activity to law enforcement.
The explosions came days before world leaders prepared to gather at the United Nations in NY for the annual General Assembly.
The NYPD tweeted Monday morning that authorities were seeking Ahmad Khan Rahami.
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”. He says the president also expressed appreciation for the work of first responders.
Authorities are seeking a man for questioning in both bombings.
New Jersey State Police say that information comes from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
An explosion in Manhattan on Saturday injured 29 people.
He said all of the injured, including one case considered serious, have been released from the hospital. “People have bags checked in subways, you’re going to see a lot of NYPD presence at key sites around the city, including our anti-terror capacity, which will be out in evidence”, he said on September 19.
He was expected to comment Monday afternoon after a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (HY’-dahr ahl ah-BAH’-dee) on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in NY.
New Jersey senator Bob Menendez had earlier said the events of the last two days were “clearly an act of terrorism”.
Ahmad Khan Rahami, a naturalized US citizen from Afghanistan with an address in Elizabeth, New Jersey, should be considered armed and risky, Mayor Bill de Blasio said in one of a series of TV appearances just minutes after the photo was released. He is a naturalized citizen from Afghanistan. “The evidence might suggest a foreign connection”, he said, according to Reuters.
On Sunday, Cuomo had effectively ruled out a link to worldwide terrorism, saying there was no evidence to suggest that.
For now, there does appear to be one clear connection between Elizabeth and the Chelsea bombing.
Federal authorities believe that the explosion in Chelsea, where another explosive device was found nearby, was linked to as many as six explosive devices found just outside NY in Elizabeth, Homeland Security officials told Reuters. His motive remains unclear, New York Police Commissioner James O’Neill said.
“There is no other individual we’re looking for at this point in time”, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio told the same news conference as he called on New Yorkers to remain vigilant in the aftermath of the incidents. “I know there are other devices, I don’t know what they’re made up of but they’re going to have to be removed”, Bollwage said. The homemade pressure-cooker bombs contained shrapnel and a cellphone was utilized to detonate the device, said police. “We are working with local authorities to help as much as possible to determine what happened”, the statement read.
In addition to the two incidents, officials are probing a backpack containing bombs found in a New Jersey train station on Sunday, and an unexploded pressure-cooker bomb located blocks away from the Chelsea blast site. An AP reporter went to the building that houses the family’s restaurant and home, but it was cordoned off.
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An explosion in Manhattan on Saturday injured 29 people. No cell phones or electronic timing devices were found on the devices, the mayor said.
