The FBI has released an image of two men who took a suitcase that held a bomb that did not explode in New York City.
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A hand-written journal belonging to Ahmad Rahmani – the man behind the bombings in NY and New Jersey – speaks of his desire for “martyrdom” in the name of jihad, prosecutors say.
Investigators have said the two men are being sought as witnesses, not suspects.
“I have cooperated with authorities and told them all I know about Ahmad Rahami”, said the woman, who was not named in the statement.
Ahmad Khan Rahami, an Afghan-born American, was charged on Tuesday and will be transported to Manhattan to face the charges, said federal prosecutors in ny.
Rahami was captured after the owner of a bar in Linden, New Jersey, found him sleeping in the doorway of his bar Monday morning.
On Saturday, a bomb explosion in the New York City’s Chelsea district injured 31 people, including one person from Britain.
The man accused of a bombing spree in NY and New Jersey referenced an eclectic mix of terrorist inspirations, including Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, in a journal recovered as evidence, authorities revealed Wednesday. Since the arrest of suspect Ahmad Rahami, investigators in two states are now determined to track down every possible lead in their search for accomplices and to unravel the plot. “The Sixth Amendment requires that he be given access to counsel on the federal charges, and that he be presented without delay”.
Patton says his office is available to meet with Rahami in New Jersey and represent him at a telephone or videoconference appearance. The bureau said it found nothing then tying Rahami to terrorism. The company said it has been cooperating with the federal inquiry.
Federal agents have tried to question Rahami in the hospital, but New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom MacArthur, who said he received a classified briefing from the FBI, said Rahami was not cooperating.
According to law enforcement sources, Rahami’s younger sister’s cellphone contained a video of him “lighting the fuse” of a partially buried cylindrical object, followed by “a loud noise and flames, followed by billowing smoke”.
Ahmad Khan Rahami’s father, far right, with another man and child, leave the family restaurant on Monday.
The FBI has said the suitcase could be a “really rich environment” for evidence and a “key part” of the investigation, she said.
“Inshallah the sounds of the bombs will be heard in the streets. Death to Your OPRESSION”.
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Rahami was charged in connection with the bombings on Tuesday in complaints filed in federal courts in Newark (PDF) and Manhattan (PDF).
