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An Indian immigrant businessman has been describing the moment he found the New York and New Jersey bombings suspect napping in front of his bar. The father of US terror suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami called police in 2014 to say his son was a "terrorist", US officials have told the BBC.
Harinder Bains recognised Ahmad Khan Rahami from reports after discovering him slumped against the glass of his pub doorway in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Mohammad Rahami alerted authorities after a domestic dispute, expressing concern his son was an extremist before retracting the claim.
The Sikh told CNN he initially thought the 28-year-old most-wanted suspect was a drunk. Mr Rahami said that the FBI determined his son was not a terror threat.
Mr Rahami was subsequently arrested after a gun battle with police. He is now suspected of "an act of terror" in Saturday's blasts in New Jersey and New York, say prosecutors.
Mr Bains encountered Mr Rahami dozing in the vestibule of Merdie's Tavern on Monday morning. Mohammad Rahami first made the statement about his son as a terrorist to New Jersey police after the younger man was arrested and accused of stabbing his brother in 2014.
The bar owner said he asked the stranger to move along and the suspect apologised. The information was provided to the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force in Newark, New Jersey.
"He didn't seem drunk, he seemed fatigued, exhausted," said the bar owner. "Two years ago I go to the FBI because my son was doing really bad, OK?" Mr Rahami Snr told the New York Times.
After watching television news from another business across the street, Mr Bains was startled to recognise Mr Rahami's face in coverage of the manhunt for the bomber.
The tavern keeper alerted law enforcement.
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Police confronted the suspect, who pulled a handgun and shot one of them. "But they check almost two months, they say, 'He's OK, he's clean, he's not a terrorist.'"
"He (the suspect) shot twice and the glass splinters almost hit my store," Mr Bains said. "Now they say he is a terrorist. I say OK," he told the newspaper.
Two officers were taken to local hospitals and treated for non-life threatening injuries. The FBI reportedly launched an assessment, but Mohammad Rahami later withdrew his statement.
But Mr Bains deflected credit from US media that he is a "hero", saying it was law enforcement that deserved praise. He said he only meant his son was spending time with criminals, a law enforcement official told the AP.
"I did what I think every American would have done," he said. "We will be more stronger if we do everything together." Authorities also determined Ahmad Khan Rahami had no ties to terrorist organisations, the official said.
Mr Rahami, a US citizen born in Afghanistan, is charged with five counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer stemming from the shootout. A Justice Department official told the BBC they are going to "look into this further and see if there are any lessons to be learned".
Police have said his fingerprints and DNA were found at the scene of the Saturday night's bombing in Manhattan, which wounded 29 people, none seriously. Though Mr Rahami was not on any terror watch lists, authorities are looking into whether he was radicalised on previous trips to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Investigators also say they have evidence linking him to a pipe bomb that blew up harmlessly on Saturday morning in Seaside Park, New Jersey, before a charity race to benefit Marines. He reportedly passed screening tests each time he returned from abroad, two US officials told Reuters.
An unexploded pressure-cooker bomb was found blocks away from the New York City blast. Mr Rahami was arrested on Monday after Harinder Bains, an Indian immigrant businessman, found him napping in his pub doorway in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
And five explosive devices were discovered on Sunday night in a rubbish bin in Elizabeth, not far from where Mr Rahami was arrested. He told CNN he initially thought the 28-year-old most-wanted suspect appeared "fatigued" and "exhausted".
Mr Rahami - who lived with his Muslim family above their fried-chicken restaurant in Elizabeth - is being held on $5.2m bail after undergoing surgery for a gunshot wound to his leg. After watching television news from another business across the street, Mr Bains recognised Mr Rahami's face in coverage of the manhunt for the bomber and alerted authorities.
Police confronted the suspect, who pulled a handgun and shot one of them. Mr Rahami was subsequently arrested after a gun battle with police.
The Afghan-born US citizen is charged with five counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer stemming from the shootout.
Police say they also have evidence linking him to the bomb in New York, which injured 29, and the explosion in New Jersey, which hurt no one.
The suspect - who lived with his Muslim family above their fried-chicken restaurant in Elizabeth - is being held on $5.2m bail after undergoing surgery for a gunshot wound to his leg.
Authorities have said no other suspects are at large.Authorities have said no other suspects are at large.
The blasts have fuelled the debate about US national security seven weeks before the presidential election.
Republican candidate Donald Trump and his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, clashed over the terrorism issue.