One of those devices detonated Sunday night while a bomb squad robot was trying to disarm it, but no one was injured.
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Two US officials said Rahami had a small notebook on him when he was apprehended, which one of the officials said contained “ideological” musings.
Rahami was wounded in the leg and captured after a shootout with police in Linden, N.J. He remains in hospital.
The letter says public defenders could represent Rahami through a telephone or video conference.
Federal agents would like to question Rahami. “You know, that’s that’s part of an investigation that will keep the country safe It also is an opportunity for us to learn some lessons”, Earnest said during a press briefing in New York City.
Surveillance video obtained exclusively by NBC 4 NY shows the moments before suspected NY and New Jersey bomber Ahmad Rahami dumped luggage containing a pressure-cooker bomb on a Manhattan street Saturday night, authorities say. The officials said Mohammad Rahami later claimed he simply meant his son was hanging out with gangs and acting like a thug.
Rahami was being called a terrorist by his father, who eventually contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation after the dispute and expressed his concerns regarding his son. The grand jury, however, found there was not enough evidence to indict Rahami.
Rahami’s father in the past reportedly told police he thought his son might be involved in terrorism. The FBI considers them “witnesses”.
He is said to be in a critical but stable condition, although police have not yet been able to interview him.
“My family and I were deeply shocked and appalled at the recent incidents involving the explosions in NY and New Jersey, and our thoughts and prayers are with all who were affected”, Mena said.
AP global security chief Danny Spriggs said he learned this week that Rahami worked there and often engaged colleagues in long political discussions, expressing sympathy for the Taliban and disdain for US military action in Afghanistan.
Maria told Fox she hadn’t seen Rahami in two years, that he hadn’t ever supported her or their child, and that as a result she wouldn’t allow him near their daughter.
Federal authorities want to speak with these two men, who they say discovered a bag with a pressure cooker bomb inside on the sidewalk in Chelsea on September 17, 2016, blocks away from the site of an explosion.
Nor were Afghan intelligence officials aware of either Rahami or his family, said Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, director-general of the Afghan National Directorate of Security.
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The suspect who allegedly carried out bombings in a Jersey shore town and New York City was charged Tuesday on four federal counts.
