Investigators tell Dina that they are looking at Rahami's foreign travel because the bombs used an explosive made from Hexamethylene triperoide, which suggests he may have had training or practice.Īuthorities say he traveled to Afghanistan in 20, and was in Quetta, Pakistan, in 2013, which is the base for the Pakistani Taliban. The sources say among the evidence that led police to Rahami were a fingerprint on the unexploded bomb, and a cell phone that was linked to his father. They both had financial problems in the U.S., traveled back to the home country - in Rahami's case, Afghanistan - and had problems with the law. She reports that Rahami had some similarities to Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the Boston bombers. The FBI released a poster seeking help in apprehending Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, in connection to the bomb that exploded in New York City's Chelsea neighborhood Saturday. Dina reports that authorities are studying whether Rahami tried to copy that bombing, which also used devices made with pressure cookers. The sources say a note was found in a plastic bag which was covering one of the devices being examined, a failed pressure cooker bomb, and the note mentioned a number of terrorist events, including the Boston Marathon attack. The charges relate to a shootout during his arrest. Prosecutors in Union County, N.J., say Ahmad Khan Rahami has been charged with five counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, along with two weapons crimes.
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The suspect in the New York and New Jersey bombings has not been cooperating with police, according to law enforcement sources interviewed by NPR's Dina Temple-Raston. citizen of Afghan descent who should be considered armed and dangerous, the agency says. A photo released by the FBI shows Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, a U.S.