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First person sought in connection to NYC bombing identified

Peter Donald, assistant commissioner for communications and public information for the NYPD released 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami’s photo on Twitter Monday morning.

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New York City Mayor de Blasio said Rahami is believed to be armed and unsafe.

The bombing in Chelsea was just one of three bombings that have happened over the weekend.

The explosive device in Chelsea was described as a pressure-cooker bomb packed with shrapnel.

It was found near the Elizabeth Train Station on Sunday night, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The bag had wires and a pipe protruding from it. – as the Two-Way has reported, “As FBI technicians were attempting to disarm one of the bombs with a robot it detonated”. There were no immediate reports of any injuries or damage.

An explosion in Manhattan on Saturday injured 29 people.

A police officer at the Elizabeth train station on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016.

It isn’t immediately clear whether the apartment raided in Elizabeth earlier today is his residence.

New Jersey Transit suspended services between Newark Airport and the Elizabeth station, and Amtrak suspended service along parts of the Northeast Corridor.

Officers in the NY borough of Manhattan were reportedly searching an apartment on Monday morning in connection with the blast.

Passengers said they were stuck on trains for hours Sunday night.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the Saturday night blast in Manhattan that injured 29 people didn’t appear to be linked to global terrorism.

Ahmad Khan Rahami- CBS News