The New York Police Department and the FBI are looking for 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami for questioning in connection to the New York City bombing.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio warned that the naturalized citizen from Afghanistan could be armed and dangerous. An explosion in Manhattan on Saturday injured 29 people. A pressure cooker device was also found blocks away, but it didn’t explode.
A pipe bomb also exploded Saturday in New Jersey and five explosive devices were found near an Elizabeth, New Jersey, train station.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said it looks like Manhattan bombing could be act of terrorism with foreign connection, according to the Associated Press. FBI spokeswoman Kelly Langmesser said agents stopped “a vehicle of interest in the investigation” of the Manhattan explosion Sunday night.
Police seek #NYC bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami. https://t.co/w1nPoQqgkH pic.twitter.com/tqUGhFBY0r
— Eliott C. McLaughlin (@ByEliott) September 19, 2016
FBI says suspect identified in NY bombings is Ahmad Khan Rahami, "US citizen of Afghan descent" born in Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/RFX95fT4Ez
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The explosion occurred on West 23rd Street between 6th and 7th avenues, in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. At least 29 people were injured were injured in the blast.