Then a shrapnel-packed pressure-cooker bomb similar to those used in the Boston Marathon attack exploded Saturday night in New York’s Chelsea section, wounding 29 people, none seriously. No one was injured.
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There were two bombings in New Jersey: one on Sunday near a train station in Elizabeth, while the other occurred Saturday at a Marine Corps charity run in Seaside Park.
Meanwhile, authorities are investigating the stabbings of nine people at a Minnesota mall as a potential act of terrorism.
Ahmad Khan Rahami’s name emerged as the investigation into the bomb explosions in NY and New Jersey have led authorities to signs that a terror cell might be located in the two states, a law enforcement source told The Post.
The investigation into an explosion on Satuday in an upper class Manhattan neighborhood is “definitely leading” in the direction of “terrorism”, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
No one has been charged with any crime, and the investigation is continuing, Langmesser said.
WABC-TV footage showed a man believed to be 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami being loaded into an ambulance on a stretcher in Linden, New Jersey. By late Monday morning, the Federal Bureau of Investigation had already arrested a suspect in connection with all of the bombs.
A law enforcement official says the Afghan immigrant wanted in connection with explosions in New York City and New Jersey has been taken into custody following a shootout with police officers.
Linden mayor Derek Armstead said the break in the case came late on Monday morning, when a bar owner reported someone asleep in his doorway. Still, some of the restaurant’s customers said Rahami was more likely to talk about his interest in cars.
But it’s not clear whether law enforcement has identified the individual.
Elizabeth Mayor Christian Bollwage said Rahami’s father, Mohammad, and two of Rahami’s brothers sued the city in 2011 after it passed an ordinance requiring the First American Fried Chicken restaurant to close early because of complaints from neighbors that it was a late-night nuisance. The lawsuit was terminated in 2012 after Mohammad Rahami pleaded guilty to blocking police from enforcing the restrictions on the restaurant. Although Twitter’s talking eggs and America’s greatest fear monger did their best to try and make the situation even worse, New Yorkers remained relatively chill throughout the scare.
Obama pledged that the federal government would provide both NY and New Jersey with all necessary support as the investigation continues.
The Chelsea explosion left many rattled in a city that had marked the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks only a week earlier and that was schedule to hold a United Nations meeting Monday to address the refugee crisis in Syria.
Five people who were pulled over Sunday night in a vehicle associated with Rahami, but they were questioned and released, Sweeney said, declining to say whether they might face any charges in future. A pressure cooker device was also found blocks away, but it didn’t explode.
Just one day earlier.
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 vehicle were being questioned at an FBI building in Manhattan.
On Saturday, two men walking down a street in NY saw a rolling bag on a sidewalk, opened it, discarded the pressure cooker they found inside and walked off with the bag, police said. Federal prosecutors said they still were weighing charges over the bombings.
The Rahamis charged in the lawsuit that they were targeted by neighbors because they are Muslims. He’s a very friendly guy, that’s what’s so scary.
Security has been stepped up as members of the United Nations General Assembly gather in NY for a summit Monday.
The official who spoke to AP insisted on anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation. No one was hurt.
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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.
