Bombing suspect’s father says he reported son to authorities in 2014

The FBI released a statement Wednesday soliciting public assistance in locating two men seen carrying a piece of luggage on surveillance footage.

USA investigators were looking on Tuesday for clues to why an Afghanistan-born man might have planted bombs around the NY area over the weekend, including whether the suspect had accomplices or was radicalised overseas.

A US citizen born in Afghanistan has been charged by federal officials in two states with planting bombs in ny and at a military charity run and train station in New Jersey.

The improvised explosive device (IED) was discovered hours after an explosion in Chelsea that injured 31 people. In them, the Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed Rahami, 28, was carrying a journal filled with details of the attacks when he was injured during the police shootout that ultimately led to his arrest Monday. He has been charged with five counts of attempted murder during the gunfight with police, with federal charges pending.

If Rahami’s first court appearance occurs in the hospital bed, he would not be the first USA terrorism suspect to be charged in such a venue.

Meanwhile, law enforcement officials are examining evidence Rahami left behind – including a scrub of his electronic devices.

It’s not immediately clear whether Rahami has a lawyer who can comment on the charges. During the inquiry, the father backed away from talk of terrorism and told investigators that he simply meant his son was hanging out with the wrong crowd, according to the official, who was not authorized to discuss the investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

Ahmad Khan Rahami was arrested on Monday following a shootout with police after being directly linked to the bombs and another in Seaside Park, New Jersey.

Authorities say his head was grazed by bullet or shrapnel as the officers exchanged gunfire with suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami. Rahami was not prosecuted in the stabbing; a grand jury declined to indict him. “They would come back differently, more disciplined, and even slimmer”. The charges follow revelations the suspect’s father called him a terrorist two years ago.

Rahami’s wife left the United States a few days before the bombings, CNN reported, citing a law enforcement source.

An eBay account linked to Rahami bought chemicals, circuit boards and ball bearings that matched the explosives and remnants collected at the crime scenes, the documents said. Then, according to Sires, officials said they’d have to get an immigrant visa for the baby, too.

“I don’t like to think about what could have happened, but I’m just so blessed and glad it didn’t”, Lee Parker said.

The police at the checkpoint confronted Picard, and when he tried to record the encounter on his phone, the officers took the device – but didn’t turn off the recording app.