New York bombing suspect’s father told FBI that son had ‘become bad’

This video frame grab provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The FBI said on Wednesday that it wanted to speak with two men seen in surveillance footage picking up a second bag containing a pressure-cooker bomb believed to be planted by Rahami in Chelsea on Saturday night. Maybe it was because the now dead suspect was yelling the name of Allah as he did the deed and asking potential victims if they were Muslim.

She arrived in NY late Wednesday after leaving the United States in June to travel to Pakistan.

Ahmed Khan Rahami, the man charged with a string of bombings throughout the New York/New Jersey area during the last weekend, may have sneaked into Turkey during a prolonged trip to Pakistan in 2014, according to The New York Times. One of the bombs in New Jersey exploded but didn’t injure anyone, and the rest failed to detonate before police recovered them.

The video also shows the two men who found the suitcase and made a decision to take it with them, while leaving the contents behind that night.

A few minutes later, two men pass by the luggage and appear to admire it, police said.

Prosecutors from Bharara’s office argued in a letter filed in court Wednesday that it is premature for the federal public defender to be appointed to represent Rahami.

A Manhattan U.S. magistrate judge has refused a request by public defenders to schedule an initial appearance for the man suspected of setting off bombs in NY and New Jersey on federal charges.

As separate cases wind through federal courts in New Jersey and NY, prosecutors are sure to reveal more about the bombings that injured 31 people and the evidence that led to Rahami’s capture early Monday morning after a shootout with police.

The judge was also unpersuaded by federal defender claims that federal law enforcement is involved in detaining and questioning Rahami.

“This is the appropriate and right place for the case to proceed initially”, Bharara said, adding that the most damage occurred in Manhattan, despite bombs blowing up in New Jersey and Rahami engaging in a shootout when he was caught. He is being held on $5.2 million bail, and he faces state charges of attempted murder of police officers. The bureau said it found nothing then tying Rahami to terrorism.

A journal that officials say was found on Rahami contained anti-American writings and praise for well-known terrorist figures, including al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, American-born al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and ISIS spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani.

In one section, the complaint says, Rahami wrote: “Death to your oppression”.

The official, who was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly, also said Rahami had married a Pakistani woman and brought her to the United States as his wife. As the bomb plot unfolded this weekend, she was en route back to the USA, according to officials. He was not on any watch-list, but two years ago his own father had told authorities his son was acting like a terrorist.