“In August 2014, the FBI initiated an assessment of Ahmad Rahami based upon comments made by his father after a domestic dispute that were subsequently reported to authorities”, the bureau said in a statement.
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The Justice Department filed charges Tuesday against Ahmad Khan Rahami for a series of bombs left in and around NY during the weekend, as officials said the suspect’s blood-soaked journal indicated he was angry over what he perceived as the U.S.’ war on Muslims.
Ahmad Khan Rahami is charged with the use of a weapon of mass destruction, bombing a public place, destruction of property and use of a destructive device, according to court documents.
After hedging on any potential terror angle over the weekend, Mayor de Blasio said at a news briefing Monday that there is “every reason to believe” the bombings in the city and in New Jersey were “an act of terror”. “Thank you to our first responders who have performed with extraordinary skill and courage over the past two days”.
“This defendant was wanted for questioning in a federal investigation being led by the FBI regarding explosive devices found and detonated over the weekend in New Jersey and New York City”.
“Mr. Rahami was arrested more than 48 hours ago. We have to end this”, he said. The officers’ injuries weren’t life-threatening. I think we’re going to know a lot more in the course of the day. The other official said investigators believe she left the US for Pakistan in June. Rahami left that job in 2011 because he wanted to take a trip to Afghanistan, Spriggs said.
He became a citizen of the United States in 2011. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said President Barack Obama, who was in NY with other world leaders at the UN General Assembly, had been “updated through the night” and on Monday by his national security team.
Police and security agents man a vehicle barricade across 42nd Street at Second Avenue near United Nations headquarters, in NY.
A shrapnel-packed pressure-cooker bomb detonated on Saturday night in NY injuring 29 people.
An Afghan-born American was charged on Monday with attempted murder after being shot and captured in connection with bombings in NY and New Jersey, thrusting security fears into the heart of the election.
Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, was shown stretchered into an ambulance, sporting a bloodied bandage on his right arm and moving his head from side to side with his eyes open in Linden, New Jersey, according to ABC footage.
The timing of the incidents – one week after the anniversary of the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and seven weeks before the USA presidential election – prompted NY officials to tighten security.
A still image captured from a video from WABC television shows a conscious man believed to be NY bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami being loaded into an ambulance after a shoot-out with police in Linden, New Jersey, US, on September 19, 2016.
The suit was settled in 2012 in the city’s favor, Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage told reporters.
Investigators were also probing Rahami’s history of travel to Afghanistan and Pakistan, and looking for evidence that he may have picked up radical views or trained in bomb-making.
In addition to the blast in Chelsea on Saturday, a pipe bomb exploded in a New Jersey shore town before a charity 5K race, an unexploded pressure cooker device was found blocks away from the blast site in Chelsea.
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After zeroing in on Rahami and learning of the auto that had traveled between New Jersey and NY, authorities pulled it over Sunday night after it headed in the direction of Kennedy airport.
