The appeal comes a day after federal authorities charged Ahmad Rahami, the lone suspect in the weekend bombing campaign in NY and New Jersey, with four federal terror-related counts, including the use of a weapon of mass destruction.
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Investigators wish to speak with the men and recover the luggage that they took.
Luckily for them, the bomb – which the men stumbled on just after an explosion four blocks away on West 23rd Street ripped through the Chelsea neighborhood and injured more than 30 people – didn’t go off in their hands, police have said. One of the men appeared to wear a white or tan shirt, with the other wearing a red shirt.
The FBI says the image was captured on closed circuit television recordings between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on West 27th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues.
The Republican lawmaker also says Rahami is not cooperating with investigators.
A criminal complaint was unsealed Tuesday in Newark, New Jersey, shortly after a virtually identical filing was unsealed in NY.
The man, Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, was charged with several crimes, including use of weapons of mass destruction and bombing a place of public use, and the criminal complaint against him outlines how close the attacks came to causing death and even more destruction.
Patton said Rahami, who is being treated for gunshot wounds at a hospital in New Jersey, has been questioned by federal law enforcement officials since his arrest Monday.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said that the first case to proceed would be the one in Manhattan, and prosecutors there had filed a writ with the U.S. Marshals service in hopes to bring Rahami to court soon.
Rahami traveled for extended periods to Afghanistan and Pakistan in the last five years, officials said.
Linden Police officer Angel Padilla, left, hugs Jeremiah Butler Knight, a third grade student at Linden School No. 5, during a visit to the school, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, in Linden, N.J. Padilla, who was injured in a shootou.
In an interview conducted in Mohammad Rahami’s native tongue, Pashto, the suspect’s father called his son’s activities on the internet “a disease”.
Federal prosecutors say bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami bought components online and recorded a video of himself igniting a blast in a backyard.
Authorities believe the “main guy” has been caught but the investigation continues to determine if Rahami had help, sources told CNN.
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Two years ago when she was pregnant, Rahami had sought the assistance of a USA congressman from New Jersey in getting her a visa to allow her to come to the United States from Pakistan.
