The suspect, who is the alleged author of the bomb attack from New Jersey was charged for the illegal use of weapons, according to an official report published by the NY attorney Preet Bharara.
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House of Representatives (NEW YORK) – In a bloody page in the journal purportedly found on Ahmad Rahami when he was captured, the NY and New Jersey bombing suspect appears to praise major terrorist figures, including the main spokesman for ISIS.
Officials made no mention of the so-called Islamic State in the indictment, but photos of the journal have revealed direct references to the terror group’s chief propagandist and second-in-command, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani. “& homeland security. looking for me”.
“Said it clearly attack the kuffar [disbelievers] in their backyard”.
The Pentagon said al-Adnani was killed in a USA airstrike in Syria in late August.
It seems Rahami was preparing to die during the attack, as he mentioned praying to Allah, and begging for martyrdom.
Prosecutors have filed charges against him in connection with the bombings. The reason for the omission was unclear.
“The notebook found on Rahami closes with the following chilling passage, “[God willing] the sounds of the bombs will be heard in the streets. Gunshots to your police. “Death To Your OPPRESSION”.
CBS homeland security correspondent Jeff Pegues said Rahimi’s rants suggest he was “a consumer of multiple radical ideologies by several different terrorist organizations”.
He was shot by police after a shootout on Monday in Linden, New Jersey, where he was taken into custody following a two-day manhunt.
Licata, the JTTF agent, wrote that Rahami’s fingerprints were found on one pressure cooker found on 27th Street in Manhattan that did not go off, that his vehicle entered and exited Manhattan on the night the bombs went off, and that video surveillance showed him walking by a site on 23rd Street before an explosive went off there, injuring 31 people. He has been charged on five counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer and two unlawful weapons counts.
The first blast took place in Seaside Park, New Jersey on Saturday morning, while the second one, which severely injured in NY, in the Chelsea suburb, occurred on Saturday evening.
Rahami traveled to Pakistan in the years before the bombings, and his father had previously raised concerns with the authorities about his potential involvement in terrorism.
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His wife, thought to be a Pakistani national, is to be returned to the U.S. after presenting herself at the American Embassy in the United Arab Emirates.
