Naturalized US citizen from Afghanistan sought in NYC blast

President Barack Obama says investigators are focusing on a “person of interest” in the NY and New Jersey bombings, but see no connection to the stabbings in Minnesota.

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton said the United States needed to work with its allies to combat global terrorism and that the country should launch an “intelligence surge” to detect attacks before they are carried out.

Then on Sunday night, five explosive devices were discovered in a trash can at an Elizabeth train station. Gov. Andrew Cuomo had said earlier that it didn’t appear to be linked to worldwide terrorism.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Monday and made a similar assessment.

“We need to get this guy in right away”, Mr de Blasio said on CNN. “It is certainly leaning more in the direction that this was a specific act of terror”.

The official said two officers were shot in the encounter in Linden, New Jersey.

Cuomo said earlier on Sunday that there was “no reason to believe at this time that there is any further, immediate threat” after the events on Saturday.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo pledged a massive showing of security Monday as world leaders gather in Manhattan, two days after a bombing in the borough injured 29 people.

Some four blocks away, an unexploded pressure cooker was reportedly found with a cellphone and wires attached.

“They will be there for the next few hours, going through this location to find any evidence possible, whether it’s in relation to this incident or the Chelsea incident”, he said.

During the course of investigating, authorities raided several buildings in the area of the Elizabeth blasts, including the fried chicken restaurant owned by Rahami’s father.

Ahmad Khan Rahami, a naturalized US citizen from Afghanistan with an address in Elizabeth, New Jersey, should be considered armed and risky, Mayor Bill de Blasio said in one of a series of TV appearances just minutes after the photo was released. “The robot that went in to disarm it, cut a wire and it exploded”, Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage said.

In addition, the Port Authority of NY and New Jersey (PANYNJ) has increased increased police patrols at all of the agency’s facilities.

FBI personnel search an address Monday in Elizabeth, N.J., during an investigation into Ahmad Khan Rahami, who is wanted for questioning in an explosion in NY, which authorities believe is linked to the explosive devices found in New Jersey. No one was injured in the Jersey blast.

New Jersey Transit says Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast Line trains began rolling at 5:30 a.m. Monday.

The pipe bomb exploded on Saturday in Seaside Park, New Jersey, before a charity 5K race to benefit Marines and sailors.

Also on Saturday, a man who authorities say referred to Allah wounded nine people in a stabbing rampage at a Minnesota mall before being shot to death by an off-duty police officer.

Witnesses described a deafening blast that shattered shop windows and injured bystanders with shrapnel in the mostly residential neighbourhood on the city’s west side.

“We have to let this investigation unfold”, she said.

Donald Trump moved ahead of New York City officials when he declared a “bomb went off” in the city before officials had released details.

Common pressure cookers of the kind found at most discount stores were used in the two bombs that detonated at the Boston Marathon in 2013. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility.

There were no reports of injuries.

On Sunday, a team of five Federal Bureau of Investigation agents searched an Uber driver’s vehicle that had been damaged in the Manhattan blast.

“It was an extremely loud noise, everything was shaking, the windows were shaking, it was insane”, he said.