Suspected New York and New Jersey bomber apprehended by Police
Tue Sep 20, 2016 07:35:am World
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The suspected New York and New Jersey bomber, Ahmad Khan Rahami, is in
custody after a shootout with police that began when he was found
sleeping in a bar doorway.
Rahami, 28, is undergoing surgery for a gunshot wound, BBC reports. Two officers were also injured in the confrontation in Linden, New Jersey.
The FBI said no other suspect was being sought over the weekend's blasts.
Linden Mayor Derek Armstead said a bar owner had found the suspect sleeping in his vestibule and reported him to police.
When a police officer went to investigate and wake him, he realised he resembled the man in the wanted poster, the mayor said.
"Within moments the suspect fired on him. Thank God he had his vest on."
The injured police officers are "ok and safe", Mr Armstead said.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said officials "have every reason to believe this was an act of terror".
Addressing a news conference, FBI assistant director in charge of New York, William Sweeney, said investigators had found evidence linking Mr Rahami to devices in both New Jersey and New York.
He said there was no indication a terror cell was active in the area.
Mr Rahami, an Afghan-born US citizen, had been named by the FBI as a suspect in Saturday's bombing in Manhattan.
His family home in Elizabeth was being searched by officers.
The bombing in the Chelsea district injured 29 people. An unexploded device was found nearby.
Other devices have been found or have exploded in New Jersey over the past few days.
Early on Saturday, a pipe bomb exploded in a shore town ahead of a charity race. No-one was hurt.
One of several devices found in an abandoned backpack near the railway station in Elizabeth exploded as a police robot was trying to disarm it in the early hours of Monday morning.
Local residents in Elizabeth, who had encountered Mr Rahami in his work at the family's fried chicken bar, said the family were ordinary and "Americanised".
"He's a very friendly guy, that's what's so scary," said Ryan McCann.
Rahami, 28, is undergoing surgery for a gunshot wound, BBC reports. Two officers were also injured in the confrontation in Linden, New Jersey.
The FBI said no other suspect was being sought over the weekend's blasts.
Linden Mayor Derek Armstead said a bar owner had found the suspect sleeping in his vestibule and reported him to police.
When a police officer went to investigate and wake him, he realised he resembled the man in the wanted poster, the mayor said.
"Within moments the suspect fired on him. Thank God he had his vest on."
The injured police officers are "ok and safe", Mr Armstead said.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said officials "have every reason to believe this was an act of terror".
Addressing a news conference, FBI assistant director in charge of New York, William Sweeney, said investigators had found evidence linking Mr Rahami to devices in both New Jersey and New York.
He said there was no indication a terror cell was active in the area.
Mr Rahami, an Afghan-born US citizen, had been named by the FBI as a suspect in Saturday's bombing in Manhattan.
His family home in Elizabeth was being searched by officers.
The bombing in the Chelsea district injured 29 people. An unexploded device was found nearby.
Other devices have been found or have exploded in New Jersey over the past few days.
Early on Saturday, a pipe bomb exploded in a shore town ahead of a charity race. No-one was hurt.
One of several devices found in an abandoned backpack near the railway station in Elizabeth exploded as a police robot was trying to disarm it in the early hours of Monday morning.
Local residents in Elizabeth, who had encountered Mr Rahami in his work at the family's fried chicken bar, said the family were ordinary and "Americanised".
"He's a very friendly guy, that's what's so scary," said Ryan McCann.
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