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New York Bombing Suspect Pleads Not Guilty to Attempted Murder

by Associated Press

   ELIZABETH, N.J. --

   The man accused of setting off bombs in New Jersey and New York,
   injuring more than 30 people, has pleaded not guilty to attempted
   murder charges.

   Ahmad Khan Rahimi made his first in-person court appearance Tuesday to
   face charges he tried to kill police officers before they captured him
   Sept. 19 outside a bar in Linden, New Jersey.
   An attorney previously entered not-guilty pleas when the Afghan-born
   U.S. citizen was hospitalized with gunshot wounds from the shootout.
   He's also accused of detonating a pipe bomb along the route of a Marine
   Corps charity race in New Jersey's Seaside Park and a pressure cooker
   bomb in New York City on Sept. 17. No one was injured in the New Jersey
   blast; 31 people were hurt in the New York bombing.