TerrorismFBI identifies Manhattan bombs suspect as Ahmad Khan Rahami of New Jersey
The FBI has identified the suspect behind Saturday Manhattan blast – and the explosive device which was found before it exploded in another Manhattan location – as Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28 — a naturalized American living in New Jersey. He is originally from Afghanistan.
The FBI has identified the suspect behind Saturday Manhattan blast – and the explosive device which was found before it exploded in another Manhattan location – as Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28 — a naturalized American living in New Jersey. He is originally from Afghanistan.
“Rahami is wanted for questioning in connection with an explosion that occurred on September 17, 2016, at approximately 8:30 pm in the vicinity of 135 West 23rd Street, New York, New York,” investigators said.
The description says he is 5 ft 6in tall and weighing 200 pounds, and that he has brown hair and brown eyes.
CNN reports that a terrorist cell may be involved in setting up explosions as world leaders arrive in New York for the UN General Assembly, which open today.
Twenty-nine people were injured on Saturday night, one of them seriously, when a home-made bomb exploded in a dumpster in the Chelsea neighborhood. A second device — made from a pressure cooker in a manner similar to the bombs used by the Tsarnaev brother in the Boston Marathon attack — was found a few blocks away.
