Bombings in N.J., N.Y. not linked to larger terror cell, FBI director says
The investigation into bombings in New Jersey and New York by Ahmad Khan Rahami earlier this month do not point to a larger terror cell, FBI Director James Comey said Tuesday. Comey was testifying alongside Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and Nicholas Rasmussen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, at a hearing examining threats to […]
Shot to abdomen has kept bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami in critical condition
Ahmad Khan Rahami, the bombing suspect who was shot at least seven times during his capture, has been in critical condition for five days because of a gunshot wound to the abdomen, according to a law enforcement source. Rahami has had at least one surgery since Monday for the injury, according to the source with […]
Ahmad Khan Rahami spent time at Pakistan seminary linked to Taliban, report says
ELIZABETH — More details have emerged in the case against Ahmad Khan Rahami, who, according to The Guardian, spent time in a religious seminary in Pakistan closely associated with the Afghan Taliban. Rahami, who was born in Afghanistan but became a U.S. citizen, spent time at the Kaan Kuwa Naqshbandi madrassa on his two visits […]
Police knew Manhattan bomber as a “noisy neighbour” due to local complaints
Neighbours and acquaintances of the Manhattan bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami have described him as a familiar resident of their community who helped in the family-run chicken restaurant. They lived above the store, which is wedged between a beauty salon and a shop advertising money transfers and computer help. Flee Jones is a childhood friend […]
Father of bomb suspect, Ahmad Khan Rahami: I called FBI twice
ELIZABETH — The father of Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man suspected in planting bombs in New York and New Jersey, told reporters outside his fried chicken restaurant this morning that he called the FBI twice about his son. Mohammad Rahami at first came to a side gate outside the First American Fried Chicken restaurant around […]
Authorities ID officers injured apprehending bomb suspect
LINDEN — Officials have identified the Linden police officers who were injured while apprehending Ahmad Khan Rahami, the Elizabeth man who was wanted in connection with weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey. When the two officers approached Rahami at about 11:30 a.m. Monday on the steps of an East Elizabeth Street bar, Rahami […]