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| Police arrested a suspect on Monday after a dramatic manhunt in the wake of two bombing attacks in New York and New Jersey at the weekend and the discovery of five more unexploded bombs. | |
| Ahmad Khan Rahami, who was identified by authorities as a suspect on Monday morning in connection with the two incidents, was taken into custody soon afterwards following a shootout with police in Linden, New Jersey, according to officials. | Ahmad Khan Rahami, who was identified by authorities as a suspect on Monday morning in connection with the two incidents, was taken into custody soon afterwards following a shootout with police in Linden, New Jersey, according to officials. |
| A bombing in Chelsea, Manhattan, on Saturday night injured 29 people and followed a pipe bombing in Seaside Park, New Jersey, the same morning. | |
| Police said surveillance videos in Chelsea led them to Rahami, a 28-year-old naturalized US citizen born in Afghanistan. Meanwhile five people pulled over in a vehicle on Sunday night were being questioned by the FBI, officials said. | |
| Rahami was wounded during his capture along with at least two Linden police officers, who sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Images and video from his arrest in front of a Linden auto-body shop show him being placed conscious in an ambulance with a substantial injury to his right shoulder. | Rahami was wounded during his capture along with at least two Linden police officers, who sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Images and video from his arrest in front of a Linden auto-body shop show him being placed conscious in an ambulance with a substantial injury to his right shoulder. |
| The shootout erupted after police discovered him asleep in the doorway of a New Jersey bar. Linden’s mayor, Derek Armstead, said that the owner of a bar reported someone asleep in the doorway of his business. A police officer went to investigate and recognized the man as Rahami, police and the mayor said. | The shootout erupted after police discovered him asleep in the doorway of a New Jersey bar. Linden’s mayor, Derek Armstead, said that the owner of a bar reported someone asleep in the doorway of his business. A police officer went to investigate and recognized the man as Rahami, police and the mayor said. |
| Rahami pulled a gun and shot the officer, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, in the torso, and more officers joined in a running gun battle down the street and brought Rahami down, police captain James Sarnicki said. | Rahami pulled a gun and shot the officer, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, in the torso, and more officers joined in a running gun battle down the street and brought Rahami down, police captain James Sarnicki said. |
| The explosion in Chelsea on Saturday night was followed by the discovery of an unexploded bomb a few streets away, and came hours after a pipe bomb exploded in Seaside Park ahead of a race for marines and sailors, with no injuries. | The explosion in Chelsea on Saturday night was followed by the discovery of an unexploded bomb a few streets away, and came hours after a pipe bomb exploded in Seaside Park ahead of a race for marines and sailors, with no injuries. |
| Also on Saturday, a man who authorities say referred to Allah wounded nine people in a stabbing rampage at a Minnesota mall before being shot dead by an off-duty police officer. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility. Authorities have not drawn any connection between the violence in Minnesota and the bombings in the New York area. | Also on Saturday, a man who authorities say referred to Allah wounded nine people in a stabbing rampage at a Minnesota mall before being shot dead by an off-duty police officer. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility. Authorities have not drawn any connection between the violence in Minnesota and the bombings in the New York area. |
| Early on Monday morning five suspicious devices were found near a train station in Elizabeth, New Jersey; one exploded as the bomb squad attempted to disarm it with a robot. | Early on Monday morning five suspicious devices were found near a train station in Elizabeth, New Jersey; one exploded as the bomb squad attempted to disarm it with a robot. |
| The investigation into the Afghan-born Rahami “might suggest a foreign connection to the action, which would then obviously raise an issue of the foreign nature of this attack”, New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, told CNN. | The investigation into the Afghan-born Rahami “might suggest a foreign connection to the action, which would then obviously raise an issue of the foreign nature of this attack”, New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, told CNN. |
| Cuomo said that as investigators gathered information, they learned there were “certain commonalities among the bombs”, leading authorities to believe “that there was a common group behind the bombs”. | Cuomo said that as investigators gathered information, they learned there were “certain commonalities among the bombs”, leading authorities to believe “that there was a common group behind the bombs”. |
| A mass alert was sent to cellphone users throughout the New York region seeking Rahami’s whereabouts, the first time the emergency warning system has been used in a criminal search, according to New York’s mayor, Bill de Blasio. | A mass alert was sent to cellphone users throughout the New York region seeking Rahami’s whereabouts, the first time the emergency warning system has been used in a criminal search, according to New York’s mayor, Bill de Blasio. |
| FBI and ATF teams raided Rahami’s home in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where he apparently lived with his father, but found it empty. The apartment is located above the First American Fried Chicken restaurant that Rahami and his father operated together. | FBI and ATF teams raided Rahami’s home in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where he apparently lived with his father, but found it empty. The apartment is located above the First American Fried Chicken restaurant that Rahami and his father operated together. |
| Mayor Chris Bollwage of Elizabeth said the chicken store had faced complaints and problems in 2012, when the city council and police ruled that it should close at 10pm. | Mayor Chris Bollwage of Elizabeth said the chicken store had faced complaints and problems in 2012, when the city council and police ruled that it should close at 10pm. |
| The Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, addressed the bombings on Monday, calling herself the only candidate in the 2016 election equipped to deal with the problem of terrorism. “This threat is real, but so is our resolve. Americans will not cower. We will prevail. We will defend our country and we will defeat the evil, twisted ideology of the terrorists,” Clinton said. | The Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, addressed the bombings on Monday, calling herself the only candidate in the 2016 election equipped to deal with the problem of terrorism. “This threat is real, but so is our resolve. Americans will not cower. We will prevail. We will defend our country and we will defeat the evil, twisted ideology of the terrorists,” Clinton said. |
| The Saturday night blast in Chelsea injured 29 after detonating inside a dumpster. The bomb was made with a pressure cooker, cellphone, Christmas lights, and packed with metallic fragmentation material like BBs (air gun shot) to cause maximum possible damage. The construction was said to be similar to the improvised devices that Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev used to kill three and injure hundreds at the 2013 Boston Marathon. | The Saturday night blast in Chelsea injured 29 after detonating inside a dumpster. The bomb was made with a pressure cooker, cellphone, Christmas lights, and packed with metallic fragmentation material like BBs (air gun shot) to cause maximum possible damage. The construction was said to be similar to the improvised devices that Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev used to kill three and injure hundreds at the 2013 Boston Marathon. |
| Another similar device was found four blocks away but did not detonate on Saturday. | Another similar device was found four blocks away but did not detonate on Saturday. |
| All 29 injured in Chelsea on Saturday have been released from the hospital. “My guess is the intention was to do more damage than they did,” Cuomo said. | All 29 injured in Chelsea on Saturday have been released from the hospital. “My guess is the intention was to do more damage than they did,” Cuomo said. |
| In the initial aftermath of the explosion, De Blasio and Cuomo both stated there was no apparent involvement from outside groups. “A bomb exploding in New York is obviously an act of terrorism,” Cuomo said Sunday. “But it’s not linked to international terrorism – in other words we find no Isis connection, etc.” | In the initial aftermath of the explosion, De Blasio and Cuomo both stated there was no apparent involvement from outside groups. “A bomb exploding in New York is obviously an act of terrorism,” Cuomo said Sunday. “But it’s not linked to international terrorism – in other words we find no Isis connection, etc.” |
| The attacks come with the city already on high alert to the UN general assembly scheduled to take place this week. Additional security is also in place in the city due to Barack Obama being in town over the weekend with his daughters. “We have more security forces probably than ever in history right now,” Cuomo said. | The attacks come with the city already on high alert to the UN general assembly scheduled to take place this week. Additional security is also in place in the city due to Barack Obama being in town over the weekend with his daughters. “We have more security forces probably than ever in history right now,” Cuomo said. |
| Obama said it was “extremely fortunate” nobody was killed in the bombings and called on Americans to show the world “we will never give in to fear”. | Obama said it was “extremely fortunate” nobody was killed in the bombings and called on Americans to show the world “we will never give in to fear”. |
| “We all have a role to play as citizens to make sure we don’t succumb to that fear. And there’s no better example of that than the people of New York and New Jersey,” the president said. “Folks around here, they don’t get scared.” | “We all have a role to play as citizens to make sure we don’t succumb to that fear. And there’s no better example of that than the people of New York and New Jersey,” the president said. “Folks around here, they don’t get scared.” |
| The Associated Press contributed to this report | The Associated Press contributed to this report |