Police later announced that the incident had been connected the Chelsea explosion, and said the same man was being sought in both.
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An additional 1,000 state troopers and members of the National Guard were placed at transit hubs and other points throughout New York City and extra police officials were patrolling Manhattan, officials said.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the investigation.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, chief federal prosecutor in NY, said New Jersey officials will probably bring charges against Rahami in the police officers’ shooting while federal authorities weigh charges of their own.
Two police officers were also shot and hurt in the exchange, said the mayor of the suspect’s neighboring hometown Elizabeth, adjacent to Newark International Airport.
A few blocks away from the blast site and shortly after the explosion occurred, investigators found a pressure cooker on 27th street with dark-colored wiring sticking out, connected by silver duct tape to what appeared to be a cell phone, officials said.
Linden, New Jersey, Mayor Derek Armstead says the owner of a bar found the man sleeping in his hallway Monday morning.
Onlookers watch while FBI personnel search an address during an investigation into Ahmad Khan Rahami, who was wanted for questioning in an explosion in NY, which authorities believe is linked to the explosive devices found in New Jersey, in Elizabeth, September 19, 2016. Rahami was taken to an ambulance in a stretcher with his right shoulder bloodied and bandaged.
President Obama called New Yorkers tough and resilient.
Bystanders rushed to help the injured – all of whom have since been released from hospital – in other social media videos.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said Ahmad Khan Rahami, a naturalised citizen from Afghanistan, could be armed and risky.
No one was injured in the Saturday morning explosion along the route of a running race in Seaside Park, about 60 miles south of Manhattan, New Jersey State Police said. The New Jersey race was cancelled and no one was injured.
The incident may have been an act of terrorism with a foreign connection, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told the Associated Press Monday, a day after telling multiple media there was no evidence to suggest the link.
Five people have reportedly been arrested in connection with the bombing.
Authorities recovered five devices in a backpack, one of which exploded during an attempt by a robot to disarm it. Authorities are investigating it as a possible terrorist attack but have not drawn any connection between the bloodshed there and the bombings. The St. Cloud police chief said the man reportedly made at least one reference to Allah and asked a victim if he or she was Muslim before attacking.
In a CNN.com article entitled “Trump says ‘bomb went off in New York, ‘ ” reporter Jeremy Diamond doesn’t mention Clinton used similar language until the seventh paragraph of the story, after contrasting statements by Trump and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
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Police suspect Rahami was also behind a bomb that exploded in New Jersey on Saturday, a device found near the NY blast, and up to six more devices found near the Elizabeth train station on Sunday night.The bombings and subsequent manhunt came days before world leaders began gathering at the United Nations in NY for the annual General Assembly this week.
