The New York Police Department has started circulating the image of 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami, a man authorities say is wanted in connection with Saturday’s bombing in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, the Washington Post reports.
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Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, an Afghan national who most recently lived in Elizabeth, NJ, “should be considered armed and unsafe”, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation wanted poster released by officials Monday morning.
The New York Police Department released a photo of Ahmad Khan Rahami, a naturalized US citizen of Afghan descent who was wanted for questioning in the Saturday night explosion in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, de Blasio said on CNN.
On Sunday night, five devices were found in a trash can near a train station in Elizabeth.
Bill de Blasio says he could be armed and risky.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said earlier today that the explosion, which injured at least 29 people, was not likely an global act of terrorism.
Officials said they had no indication there were more bombs or suspects to find, though they cautioned that they were continuing to work to understand Rahami’s connections.
No one was injured when the pipe bomb that exploded Saturday in Seaside Park before a charity 5K race to benefit Marines and sailors. No one was injured there.
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Saturday’s explosion shook New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood and sent panicked people scrambling for cover. “We hadn’t heard from ISIS, et cetera, we didn’t have a suspect who was from foreign origin, so that was the open question”.
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton said on Monday: “The threat is real, but so is our resolve”. One of the devices exploded as a bomb squad attempted to disarm it with a robot.
Two men inside the station noticed the backpack inside a garbage can and opened it to see if anything valuable was inside, Elizabeth mayor Chris Bollwage told reporters.
While officials confirmed five people were taken into custody and questioned late Sunday after a traffic stop on the Verrazano Bridge in connection with the bombing, they would not provide details on those individual’s possible relationship to Rahami. The fire department said 29 people were hurt by the blast, but none of the injuries were life-threatening and all 29 people were released from area hospitals by Sunday morning.
William Sweeney Jr., the FBI’s assistant director in NY, said there were no indications Rahami was on law enforcement’s radar at the time of the bombings.
Witnesses described a deafening blast that shattered storefront windows and injured bystanders with shrapnel in the mostly residential neighborhood on the city’s west side.
At a press conference Saturday night, de Blasio cautioned that the investigation was still in the early stages and there was little that authorities could definitively say about the explosion.
Stepped-up security across the city is common as world leaders arrive for the United Nations General Assembly meeting, which is underway. Officials said they thought the bomb had been timed to detonate as participants were running by, but the race started late.
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The New Jersey State Police tweeted out additional photos of the suspect, saying he is wanted for questioning in the Chelsea and Seaside Park explosions.
