The man sought for questioning was identified as 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami.
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She wouldn’t provide further details, but a source told CBS News five people were being interrogated.
Ahmad Khan Rahami was wanted for questioning after Sunday night’s bombs were found in Seaside Park, New Jersey.
Those five men are believed to be from the same family and were taken to the Federal Bureau of Investigation building in Manhattan for questioning. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly about an ongoing investigation.
The investigation into the weekend attacks in the USA is moving fast. No one has been charged with any crime. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith New York City firefighters stand near the site of an explosion in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, U.S. September 17, 2016.
Authorities said the Manhattan bombing and New Jersey pipe bomb did not appear to be connected, though they were not ruling anything out.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the Saturday night blast in Manhattan that injured 29 people didn’t appear to be linked to worldwide terrorism.
Five other people were also arrested Sunday night in possible connection with the Chelsea explosion during a routine traffic stop check that uncovered a cache of guns inside the auto.
Ahmad Khan Rahami, a 28-year-old naturalized US citizen from Afghanistan with an address in Elizabeth, New Jersey, should be considered armed and unsafe, Mayor Bill de Blasio said in one of a series of TV appearances just minutes after the photo was released. “We have more work to do to be able to say what kind of motivation was behind this”. A personal motivation? What was it?
What we don’t know: Whether it’s part of a weekend of co-ordinated attacks.
As of early Monday, investigators had not officially linked this weekend’s explosions in New York City and New Jersey to one another.
Investigators are trying to figure out whether the Chelsea bombing is connected to another explosion Saturday in New Jersey, which also may have also used a cell phone as a trigger.
No one was injured in the Saturday morning explosion along the route of a running race in Seaside Park, about 60 miles south of Manhattan, New Jersey State Police said.
Officials haven’t revealed any details about the makeup of the pressure-cooker device, except to say it had wires and a cellphone attached to it. 29 people were injured in the blast, all of whom were released from the hospital after receiving medical treatment. 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.
The backpack was found outside a neighborhood pub and located about 500 feet from a train trestle, said the city’s mayor Chris Bollwage.
NY and New Jersey residents woke up to the news of yet another explosion in the area Monday morning as they prepared to start their commutes amid heightened security. “This is too loud”, Mr Stanhope said. “I was so scared”. Police are analyzing the footage, CNN reported.
“I don’t know exactly how I feel about taking human lives”.
On Sunday, a federal law enforcement official said the Chelsea bomb contained a residue of Tannerite, an explosive often used for target practice that can be bought in many sporting goods shops.
Mr Cuomo said 1,000 additional law enforcement officers were being deployed after the blast in a primarily residential neighbourhood on Manhattan’s west side that is known for its art galleries and large gay population.
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Homemade pressure cooker bombs killed three people and injured more than 260 in 2013 Boston Marathon attacks. According to The New York Times, the explosion appeared to originate from a dumpster near 131 West 23rd St. between Sixth and Seventh avenues, witnesses said. According to NBC News and the New York Times, these were members of Rahami’s family, and were stopped on the way to the airport.
