NY bomb suspect charged with attempted murder
Ahmad Khan Rahami, the suspect in the New York-New Jersey bomb plot, has been charged with five counts of attempted murder.
The charges stem from a gun battle with police in which the 28-year-old naturalised US citizen from Afghanistan was taken into custody.
Rahami was identified by the FBI as a man wanted in connection with a pipe bomb blast in Seaside Park, New Jersey on Saturday morning and a pressure-cooker bomb that exploded in Manhattan that evening, injuring 29.
Prosecutors say they are still considering charges over the bombings.
After being captured, Rahami was pictured on a stretcher being taken into an ambulance, with a bloodied bandage on his right arm and moving his head from side to side with his eyes open.
The suspect was sleeping in the doorway of a bar when the owner reported him to police and an officer went to investigate and recognised him as Rahami.
Police said the man pulled out a gun and shot the officer, who was wearing a bullet-proof vest, in the chest and then a shootout erupted with other officers before Rahami was captured.
A second officer was injured in the hand in the gun battle in Linden, New Jersey. Both are expected to recover.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said officials have every reason to believe the series of blasts “was an act of terror,” though investigators said the exact motive is not yet clear.
With Rahami’s arrest, officials said they have no indication there are more bombs or suspects to find, though they warned they are still investigating.
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NY bomb suspect charged with attempted murder
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