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September 21, 2016

Ahmad Rahami Charged over NY & NJ Bombings
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In updates to this weekend's bombings in New York and New Jersey,
suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami has been charged in a Manhattan federal court
with bombing, property destruction and the use of weapons of mass
destruction. He was not charged with any terrorism-related crimes.
Rahami is the main suspect in the bombings. Police say they identified
Rahami from surveillance video which showed him at both sites in
Manhattan where bombs were planted-on 23rd Street, where a bomb did
explode, injuring 29 people, and four blocks away, on 27th Street, where
a bomb did not explode. Authorities also say his fingerprints were found
on the device planted at 27th Street. He was arrested after a shootout
in Linden, New Jersey, on Monday, in which he and officers were both
injured, and he also faces multiple counts of attempted murder of a law
enforcement officer. The charges filed Tuesday in the Manhattan
courtroom suggest prosecutors have not been able to tie Rahami to any
non-state terrorist organizations. This comes as information continues
to emerge about Rahami. His father says Rahami was arrested in 2014 for
allegedly stabbing a family member. He was not indicted on the charges.
His father says at the time he called the FBI and referred to his son as
a terrorist, prompting the FBI to open an investigation, which found no
evidence to support his father's statement.


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