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'{{use mdy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox civilian attack | title = 2016 New York and New Jersey bombings | partof = | image = 2016 Chelsea, NY explosion.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = [[Mayor of New York City|Mayor]] [[Bill de Blasio]] and [[Governor of New York|Governor]] [[Andrew Cuomo]] tour the site of the Manhattan bombing. | map = {{Location map many | USA New Jersey | alt = | caption = Locations of the bombings | label = Seaside Park bombing | lat_deg = 39.925602 | lon_deg = -74.074726 | position1 = left | label2= {{nowrap|Manhattan bombing}} | lat2_deg = 40.743631 | lon2_deg = -73.994308 | position2 = left | label3 = {{nowrap|Elizabeth bombs}} | lat3_deg = 40.667778 | lon3_deg = -74.215000 | position3 = left }} | coordinates = {{coord|39.925602|-74.074726|display=inline|title=Seaside Park bombing}} (Seaside Park) {{coord|40.743631|-73.994308|display=inline|title=Manhattan bombing}} (Manhattan) {{coord|40.667778|-74.215|display=inline|title=Elizabeth bombs}} (Elizabeth) | location = [[Seaside Park, New Jersey|Seaside Park]], [[New Jersey]], U.S. [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]], [[Manhattan]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. [[Elizabeth, New Jersey|Elizabeth]], New Jersey, U.S. [[Linden, New Jersey|Linden]], New Jersey, U.S. | date = '''Seaside Park bombing:''' September 17, 2016, 9:30 a.m. '''Manhattan bombing:''' September 17, 2016, 8:31 p.m. '''Elizabeth bombing:''' September 19, 2016, {{circa}} 12:40 a.m. '''Linden shootout:''' September 19, 2016, 11:23 a.m. | time = | timezone = All times are [[UTC-04:00]] | type = [[Bombing]], [[shootout]] | fatalities = 0 | injuries = '''32 total:''' * 29 civilians in Manhattan * 2 police officers at Linden * 1 suspect at Linden | victims =  | assailants =  | susperp = Ahmad Khan Rahami | weapons = [[Pressure cooker bomb]], [[pipe bomb]]s, [[handgun]] | numparts =  | dfens =  | motive = | inquiry = | coroner = | accused = | convicted = | verdict = | convictions = | charges = | litigation = | website =  | module = }} On September 17–19, 2016, there were three bombings in the [[New York metropolitan area]], specifically in [[Seaside Park, New Jersey|Seaside Park]], [[New Jersey]]; [[Manhattan]], [[New York (state)|New York]]; and [[Elizabeth, New Jersey]]. On September 17, at about 9:30 a.m., a [[pipe bomb]] exploded in a trash can along the route of a [[U.S. Marine]] charity run in Seaside Park, but no one was injured. Later that day, at about 8:30 p.m., a [[Improvised explosive device|homemade]] [[pressure cooker bomb]] exploded on [[23rd Street (Manhattan)|West 23rd Street]] in the [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]] neighborhood of Manhattan. Twenty-nine civilians were injured, 24 of whom were taken to the hospital. A second pressure cooker bomb, with wires and a mobile phone attached, was discovered by authorities on West 27th Street, four blocks away. Late on September 18, multiple bombs were discovered inside a suspicious package at the [[Elizabeth (NJT station)|Elizabeth train station]]. One of those bombs detonated early the next day during the police investigation, but no injuries were reported. On September 19, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) identified a suspect, Ahmad Khan Rahami, in all of the incidents. He was captured hours later, after a shootout in [[Linden, New Jersey]], that resulted in Rahami and two police officers being injured. Rahami was hospitalized and charged with attempted murder of a law enforcement officer and unlawful possession of a weapon. ==Seaside Park bombing== In the morning of September 17, 2016, in [[Ocean County, New Jersey]], the Seaside Semper Five, a [[5k run]] event, was expected to draw as many as 3,000 people, with many of them being veterans of the [[United States Armed Forces]]. The race was delayed after a suspicious backpack was noticed in vicinity of the area where the race was held.<ref name="NYT">{{cite web|first1=Christopher|last1=Mele|first2=Al|last2=Baker|first3=Michael|last3=Barbaro|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/nyregion/chelsea-explosion-new-york-city.html|title=Powerful Blast Injures at Least 29 in Manhattan; Second Device Found|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 17, 2016|accessdate=September 17, 2016}}</ref><ref name="patch">{{cite web|url=http://patch.com/new-jersey/tomsriver/explosion-evacuates-seaside-park-boardwalk-area-reports|title=Pipe Bomb Explodes Along 5K Seaside Park Racecourse on Jersey Shore|publisher=[[Patch.com]]|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2016|first=Tom|last=Davis}}</ref> At about 9:30 a.m., shortly before the race was supposed to start, a pipe bomb exploded in a trash can on Ocean Avenue in Seaside Park.<ref name="NYT"/><ref name="patch"/> Three "rudimentary" pipe bombs, all reportedly timed to go off during the race, were later found, with only one of the three having exploded.<ref name="Procupez">{{cite news|last1=Perez|first1=Evan|last2=Procupecz|first2=Simon|last3=Newsome|first3=John|title=Blast near Marine Corps race in New Jersey probed as possible terror act|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/17/us/nj-explosive-trash-can/|accessdate=September 18, 2016|publisher=CNN|date=September 18, 2016}}</ref> The race was canceled after the explosion,<ref name="Procupez"/> and the beach and boardwalk in Seaside Park were evacuated. Police officials and federal agents soon went [[door-to-door]], asking residents about information regarding the bombs or any suspicious activity they may have seen, heard, or witnessed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fox29.com/news/206098346-story|title=Beaches reopened but lots of questions after Jersey Shore explosion|work=Fox29.com|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Seaside Park beaches reopen after pipe bomb blast|url=http://newjersey.news12.com/news/official-more-devices-wired-to-pipe-bomb-in-seaside-park-failed-to-detonate-at-semper-five-5k-race-1.12329728?firstfree=yes|accessdate=September 18, 2016|publisher=News 12 New Jersey|date=September 19, 2016}}</ref> ==Manhattan bombing== On the same day as the Seaside Park bombing, a pressure cooker bomb filled with shrapnel, in the form of small [[Bearing (mechanical)|bearings]] or metal [[BB (ammunition)|BBs]],<ref name="SantoraNYT"/> exploded in a crowded area on [[23rd Street (Manhattan)|West 23rd Street]], between [[Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)|Sixth Avenue]] and [[Seventh Avenue (Manhattan)|Seventh Avenue]] at 8:31 p.m.<ref>{{cite web|title=Surveillance videos from Chelsea gym show terrifying moment bomb detonates|url=http://pix11.com/2016/09/18/surveillance-video-from-chelsea-gym-shows-terrifying-moment-bomb-detonates/|website=WPIX-TV|accessdate=September 18, 2016|date=September 18, 2016|first1=Alyssa|last1=Zauderer|first2=Dan|last2=Mannarino}}</ref><ref name="NYT"/><ref name="SantoraNYT"/> The explosion occurred in front of 133 West 23rd Street,<ref name="NYT-WhatWeKnow">{{cite news | last1=Workman | first1=Karen | last2=Rosenberg | first2=Eli | last3=Mele | first3=Christopher | title=Chelsea Explosion: What We Know and Don’t Know | website=The New York Times | date=September 13, 2016 | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/nyregion/chelsea-explosion-what-we-know-and-dont-know.html | accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref> from the street in the vicinity of a construction site,<ref name="WaPo">{{cite web|first1=Philip|last1=Bump|first2=Mark|last2=Berman|first3=Amy B.|last3=Wang|first4=Matt|last4=Zapotosky|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/09/17/new-york-officials-say-25-people-injured-after-explosion-in-chelsea/|title=Explosion that injured 29 in New York 'obviously an act of terrorism,' governor says|work=The Washington Post|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref> at which materials were in place for exterior renovations of the Visions at Selis Manor facility, an apartment building for the blind, at 135 West 23rd Street.<ref name="APInvestigationUnderway">{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/09/18/29-hurt-in-manhattan-explosion-suspicious-package-probed/|title=Investigation underway into NYC explosion that injured 29|publisher=Mercury News|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Newsday">{{cite news|title=De Blasio: Dozens injured in Manhattan explosion|url=http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/de-blasio-29-injured-in-explosion-in-manhattan-1.12331497|work=Newsday|date=September 17, 2016|accessdate=September 17, 2016}}</ref> Other nearby buildings included the Townhouse Inn of Chelsea,<ref name="Newsday"/> many restaurants, and a [[Trader Joe's]] at 21st Street and 6th Avenue.<ref name="APInvestigationUnderway"/> The Chelsea neighborhood is residential, known for its nightlife, and is not close to any significant tourist sites or government buildings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.ng/news/world/183688/injured-intentional-york-explosion|title=Several injured in 'intentional' New York explosion|date=September 18, 2016|publisher=Today|accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref> Witnesses said that the explosion "seemed to have started inside a sidewalk [[dumpster]]" in the vicinity of Sixth Avenue, and photographs of a "twisted dumpster" in the middle of West 23rd Street went viral on Twitter.<ref name="NYT"/> A law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity stated that the explosion "appeared to have come from a construction [[toolbox]]" in front of a building", and photographs of the area reportedly showed a twisted, crumpled black metal box.<ref name="APInvestigationUnderway"/> ===Effects=== [[File:Police after 2016 Manhattan explosion.jpg|thumb|left|Police officer instructs civilian, as other police and fire crews work near scene of bomb explosion]] The explosion "shattered windows in a five-story [[brownstone]] building" and sent debris onto the street.<ref name="NYT"/> Debris was also strewn in front of the [[St. Vincent de Paul Church (Manhattan)|St. Vincent de Paul Church]].<ref name="NYDN">{{cite web|first1=Edgar|last1=Sandoval|first2=Nicole|last2=Hensley|first3=Ginger Adams|last3=Otis|first4=Rocco|last4=Parascandola|first5=Rich|last5=Schapiro|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/blast-rips-chelsea-street-started-running-article-1.2796382|title=Explosive fireball rattles Chelsea street injuring 29, secondary pressure cooking device found blocks away|work=The New York Daily News|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref> The moment of the blast was captured on [[closed-circuit television]] footage from three cameras.<ref name="WSJShallwaniVilensky">{{cite web|first1=Pervaiz|last1=Shallwani|first2=Mike|last2=Vilensky|url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/explosion-in-new-yorks-chelsea-neighborhood-injures-several-people-1474163987|title='Intentional' Explosion in Chelsea Neighborhood of New York Injures Dozens|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref> Twenty-nine civilians were injured,<ref name="NYT" /><ref name="NYT-WhatWeKnow"/> 24 of whom were taken to four different local hospitals.<ref name="NYDN"/><ref name="CNN">{{cite news|last1=Simon|first1=Mallory|last2=Hume|first2=Tim|title=New York explosion that injured 29 was 'intentional act,' mayor says|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/17/us/new-york-explosion/|publisher=CNN|date=September 17, 2016|accessdate=September 17, 2016}}</ref> Most of the injuries were scrapes and bruises caused by flying debris and glass.<ref name="APInvestigationUnderway"/><ref name="WSJShallwaniVilensky"/> None of the injuries were life-threatening but one managed to sustain a [[puncture wound]] and was seriously hurt.<ref name="NYT" /> Nine of the injured were taken to [[Bellevue Hospital]],<ref name=NBC.Intentional/> including the seriously injured civilian.<ref name="NYDN"/> Lenox Health Greenwich Village treated another nine victims.<ref name="WaPo"/> By the following morning, all of the injured had been released.<ref name="NYT-WhatWeKnow"/><ref name="SantoraNYT">{{cite news|first1=Marc|last1=Santora|first2=William K.|last2=Rashbaum|first3=Al|last3=Baker|first4=Adam|last4=Goldman|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/nyregion/new-york-explosion-chelsea.html|title=Manhattan Bombs Provide Trove of Clues; F.B.I. Questions 5 People|work=The New York Times|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref> The explosion disrupted travel in Manhattan extensively. A significant zone ([[14th Street (Manhattan)|14th Street]] to [[34th Street (Manhattan)|34th Street]] between [[Fifth Avenue]] and [[Eighth Avenue (Manhattan)|Eighth Avenue]]) was closed to car travel overnight. By 7:00 a.m. the following morning, "all of the streets and avenues had been reopened, except for West 23rd Street, which remained closed between Fifth and Eighth Avenues." [[New York City Subway]] service to stations along West 23rd Street was disrupted while the investigation was ongoing.<ref name="TransportationDisruptions">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/nyregion/explosion-causes-extensive-disruptions-to-travel-in-manhattan.html|title=Explosion Causes Extensive Disruptions to Travel in Manhattan|last=Mele|first=Christopher|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref> ===Discovery of second device=== Following the explosion, officers began a block-by-block search for additional unexploded bombs.<ref name="GolsteinHowFound">{{cite web|first=Joseph|last=Golstein|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/nyregion/second-bomb-new-york-explosion.html|title=How Police Found Second Bomb, and a 'Total Containment Vessel' Hauled It Away|work=The New York Times|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref> Several hours later, two [[New York State Police|state troopers]] discovered a pressure cooker bomb, with dark wiring taped with silver duct tape attaching it to a mobile phone, found inside a plastic bag.<ref name="SantoraNYT"/><ref name="GolsteinHowFound"/> It was also filled with small bearings or metal BBs.<ref name="SantoraNYT"/> The pressure cooker bomb was described as similar to the two pressure cooker bombs used in the [[Boston Marathon bombing]].<ref name="NYT" /><ref name="NYDN" /><ref name="CNN"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/09/nyc_explosion_believed_to_be_intentional_act_mayor.html|title=NYC blast believed to be 'intentional act,' mayor says|work=NJ.com|date=September 17, 2016|accessdate=September 17, 2016|first=Noah|last=Cohen}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/18/us/new-york-explosion/index.html|title=New York bombing: Investigators search for suspects, motive|first1=Evan|last1=Perez|first2=Shimon|last2=Prokupecz|publisher=CNN|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref> The device was discovered near a mailbox at [[27th Street (Manhattan)|West 27th Street]] between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, four blocks away from the site of the original blast. The [[New York City Police Department]] (NYPD) reported its find of a "possible secondary device" at 11:00 p.m.<ref name="NYT" /> The bomb was removed by an NYPD bomb squad robot.<ref name="NYT" /><ref name="APInvestigationUnderway"/> The robot placed the bomb in a "total containment vessel" (a spherical chamber hitched to a police truck), and the device was driven away at around 2:25 a.m. on September 18.<ref name="GolsteinHowFound"/> Investigators obtained fingerprints and the mobile phone from the device.<ref name="CapturedCNN" /><ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016">{{cite web|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160919/chelsea/thieves-helped-crack-chelsea-bombing-case-sources-say|title=Thieves Helped Crack the Chelsea Bombing Case, Sources Say|last=Weiss|first=Murray|last2=Rizzi|first2=Nicholas|date=September 19, 2016|website=DNAinfo New York|last3=Kapp|first3=Trevor|last4=Gardiner|first4=Aidan|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> The bomb was driven to the NYPD's [[Rodman's Neck]] firing range in [[the Bronx]], where it was rendered safe<ref name="NYT-WhatWeKnow"/> via a [[controlled explosion]].<ref name="CapturedCNN"/> The devices were to be sent to the [[FBI Laboratory]] in [[Quantico, Virginia]], for further inspection.<ref name="NYT-WhatWeKnow"/><ref name="WaPo"/> {{-}} ==Discovery of bombs in Elizabeth== At around 8:00 p.m. on September 18, two homeless men took a backpack atop a municipal garbage can at the [[Elizabeth (NJT station)|Elizabeth train station]] in [[Elizabeth, New Jersey]].<ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016"/><ref name=NBC.Questioned>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nyc-explosion-fbi-cops-investigate-vehicle-interest-n-y-new-n650306|title=Ahmad Rahami, Suspect in N.Y., N.J. Bombings, in Custody: Sources|work=NBC News|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016|first1=Miguel|last1=Almaguer|first2=Alex|last2=Johnson|first3=Tom|last3=Winter|first4=Jonathan|last4=Dienst|first5=Corky|last5=Siemaszko}}</ref><ref name="SchweberBromwich">{{cite web | last=Schweber | first=Nate | last2=Bromwich | first2=Jonah Engel | title=Pipe Bombs Found Near Train Station in Elizabeth, N.J. | website=The New York Times | date=September 19, 2016 | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/pipe-bombs-found-near-train-station-in-elizabeth-nj-official-says.html | accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="WNBC">{{cite web | last=Dienst | first=Jonathan | last2=Siff | first2=Andrew | last3=Siegal | first3=Ida | last4=Creag | first4=Katherine | last5=Bordonaro | first5=Lori | title=Device Explodes Near Train Station in New Jersey as Authorities Probe Bag | website=NBC New York | date=September 19, 2016 | url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/NYC-Verrazano-Bridge-Traffic-Stop-Chelsea-Bombing-Elizabeth-NJT-Station-Package-393920101.html | accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name=NJ.Sought>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/09/elizabeth_man_sought_by_fbi_on_nj_nyc_explosions_w.html|title=Man sought by FBI in N.J., NYC explosions worked in family eatery|work=NJ.com|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> They were about {{convert|300|ft|m}} from a busy pub's front entrance<ref name=NBC.Questioned/> and about {{convert|500|ft|m}} from a [[Trestle bridge|train trestle]] when they took the backpack.<ref name="CapturedCNN">{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/19/us/new-york-explosion-investigation/index.html?sr=twCNN091916new-york-explosion-investigation0944AMVODtop | title=NY, NJ bombings: Suspect charged with attempted murder of officers | publisher=CNN | date=September 19, 2016 | accessdate=September 19, 2016 | first1=Evan | last1=Perez | first2=Shimon | last2=Prokupecz | first3=Emanuella | last3=Grinberg | first4=Holly | last4=Yan}}</ref> The men looked into the backpack, discovered that the item contained wires and a pipe, and contacted the Elizabeth Police Department around 8:45 p.m.<ref name="SchweberBromwich"/> The pair were not held as suspects.<ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016"/><ref name="SchweberBromwich"/> The investigation was then turned over to the [[New Jersey State Police]] and the FBI, which sent in two robots that confirmed the devices were pipe bombs. One of these was accidentally detonated at around 12:40 a.m. as the robots sought to disarm the devices. "One robot was destroyed and [the other] had a mechanical arm blown off."<ref name="SchweberBromwich"/><ref name=NJ.Sought/> Authorities were working to disable the other devices.<ref name="SchweberBromwich"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-explosion-reported-scene-investigation-42187592|title=The Latest: Man Being Sought Lived in Apartment FBI Searched|publisher=ABC News|agency=Associated Press|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> Following the bomb's accidental explosion, the station was evacuated. The surrounding area was put on [[lockdown]], and service was suspended between the [[Newark Liberty International Airport station|Newark Airport]] and Elizabeth stations for the day. New Jersey-bound trains from New York were also held at [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|Penn Station]].<ref name="WNBC"/><ref name="LiveblogABC">{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-apparent-link-nyc-blast-overseas-terror-42173130|title=The Latest: Suspicious Device Checked at NJ Train Station|publisher=ABC News|agency=Associated Press|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> Elizabeth Mayor [[J. Christian Bollwage]] said that it was unclear whether the train station was a specific target, or whether the bombs were dumped by someone looking to quickly get rid of them.<ref name="SchweberBromwich"/> The Elizabeth device was "similar in appearance" to the Seaside Park device.<ref name=NBC.Questioned/> Police later theorized that the bomber, Ahmad Khan Rahami, had thrown away the bombs in Elizabeth in an effort to hide the evidence because these bombs lacked detonators.<ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016"/> ==Investigation== [[File:23rd Street Manhattan bombing investigation 3.jpg|thumb|right|Ongoing investigation at 23rd Street, as seen on September 19]] The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI), the [[Joint Terrorism Task Force]] (JTTF), [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Homeland Security]], and the [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives]] (ATF) responded to the scene of the Manhattan bombing and were involved in the investigation, in addition to the [[New York City Fire Department]] (FDNY) and the NYPD. Initially, the Seaside Park and Manhattan bombings were investigated as separate incidents, but over a period of two days, the investigation yielded similarities between the two incidents.<ref name="NYT" /><ref name=NBC.Intentional>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/29-hurt-manhattan-explosion-called-intentional-act-n650041|title='An Act of Terrorism': Investigators Hunting for Clues in NYC Bomb That Injured 29|work=NBC News|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2016|first1=Jonathan|last1=Dienst|first2=Tom|last2=Winter|first3=Richard|last3=Esposito|first4=Emmanuelle|last4=Saliba|first5=Phil|last5=Helsel|first6=Elisha|last6=Fieldstadt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2016/sep/18/manhattan-explosion-several-injured-in-blast-rolling-report|title=New York explosion: Cuomo says 'no evidence of international terrorism' – as it happened|first1=Elle|last1=Hunt|first2=Alan|last2=Yuhas|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2016|publisher=The Guardian}}</ref> Both of the Manhattan bombs—the one that exploded and the second that was disabled—were of the same design, using pressure cookers filled with bearings or metal BBs that were rigged with [[Flip (form)|flip]] [[mobile phone]]s and [[Christmas lights]] that set off an explosive "similar to... [[Tannerite]]", a commercially available explosive compound.<ref name="SantoraNYT"/> Tannerite is generally used to mark target practice shots with smoke and little explosion. Experts said a large amount of tannerite would have been needed to create an explosion such as this one, and that the explosion would have needed an [[accelerant]] or other [[pyrotechnic initiator|ignitor]].<ref>{{cite news |website=Orlando Sentinel | title=FBI pulls over car, questions occupants in New York City bombing probe | date=September 19, 2016 | url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/ct-chelsea-new-york-city-bomb-20160918-story.html | accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> The FBI examined fingerprints from the undetonated West 27th Street pressure cooker bomb and its attached mobile phone.<ref name="CapturedCNN" /> On September 19, the FBI traced the prints, as well as some pictures on the mobile phone, to Ahmad Khan Rahami.<ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016" /><ref name="HuntforRahami" /> ===Motive=== [[File:Video report by Zlatica Hoke, 2016 New York Bombing.webm|thumb|right|thumbtime=00:01|[[Voice of America]] video report]] At [[:File:Loud-explosion-reported-manhattan-chelsea-neighborhood.webm|a news conference]] at 11:15 p.m. on September 17, [[Mayor of New York City|New York City Mayor]] [[Bill de Blasio]] said that the Manhattan explosion was intentional, but there was no evidence of a [[Terrorism|terrorist attack]] at the time.<ref name="NYT"/><ref name="CNN"/> De Blasio said, "There is no specific and credible threat to New York City from any terror organization."<ref name="NYT"/> Officials left open the possibility of [[arson]] or [[vandalism]] at the time.<ref>{{cite news|last1=David|first1=Javier E.|title=NYC Mayor DeBlasio: Chelsea explosion 'intentional', but no immediate terror link|url=http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/17/explosion-injuries-reported-in-nycs-chelsea-section.html|work=CNBC|date=September 17, 2016|accessdate=September 17, 2016}}</ref> At the same news conference, [[New York City Police Commissioner]] [[James P. O'Neill]] said the "exact nature and cause of this explosion has not yet been determined"<ref name="CNN"/> and that there was no indication that the explosion was [[Gas explosion|caused by natural gas]].<ref name="usa today">{{cite web|first1=Melanie|last1=Eversley|first2=Kevin|last2=McCoy|title=Big blast, 29 injuries in NYC; pressure cooker device removed nearby|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/09/17/explosion-new-york-chelsea-neighborhood/90605526/|newspaper=USA Today|date=September 17, 2016|accessdate=September 17, 2016}}</ref> An official speaking to ''[[The New York Times]]'' on condition of anonymity said, "We don't understand the target or the significance of it. It's by a pile of dumpsters on a random sidewalk."<ref name="NYT"/> At [[:File:New-york-governor-cuomo.webm|a news conference]] the day following the Manhattan explosion, [[Governor of New York|Governor]] [[Andrew Cuomo]] said that placing a bomb in a crowded city street was intrinsically a terrorist act,<ref name="Parascandola Durkin Otis 2016">{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/de-blasio-urges-vigilance-chelsea-explosion-investigated-article-1.2796906|title=Authorities hunt for terrorists who caused Chelsea explosion and planned to detonate second bomb|last=Parascandola|first=Rocco|last2=Durkin|first2=Erin|date=September 18, 2016|website=[[New York Daily News]]|last3=Otis|first3=Ginger Adams|accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref> but said that "there is no evidence of an international terrorism connection with this incident", while noting that the investigation was still in its early stages. An explosives expert, speaking anonymously, said the materials used in the bomb indicated that the bomb-builder had some knowledge of how to assemble the explosive device.<ref name="SantoraNYT"/> ===Search for possible suspect(s)=== Investigators discovered surveillance video that showed a suspect planting a bomb on 23rd Street in Manhattan, then walking to 27th Street dragging a duffel bag. The subject left the bag at 27th Street. Later, two individuals took the pressure cooker bomb out of the bag and left the scene.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Parascandola Durkin Otis 2016" /> It was later determined that the two men who had taken the bomb out of the bag were scavengers who had wanted the duffel bag and did not know what they had been handling; in the process, they might have deactivated the bomb in the bag. The NYPD wished to talk with these men, who were not considered suspects.<ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nypost.com/2016/09/19/two-men-took-second-bomb-out-of-suitcase-in-chelsea/|title=Two men took second bomb out of suitcase in Chelsea|last=Celona|first=Larry|last2=Musumeci|first2=Natalie|date=September 19, 2016|website=[[New York Post]]|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> Late on September 18, the day after the Manhattan explosion, the FBI announced that five men, who were later found to be relatives of Rahami, had been detained in connection with the investigation. The men were detained at about 8:45 p.m. at a traffic stop, which was being conducted by the FBI and NYPD on the [[Belt Parkway]] near the [[Verrazano–Narrows Bridge]].<ref name="NBC.Questioned" /><ref name="HuntforRahami">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/nyc-nj-explosions-ahmad-khan-rahami.html|title=Ahmad Khan Rahami Is Arrested in Manhattan and New Jersey Bombings|date=September 18, 2016|last2=Rashbaum|first2=William K.|newspaper=The New York Times|last3=Baker|first3=Al|last4=Goldman|first4=Adam|first1=Marc|last1=Santora|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Yahoo.Connection">{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/gma/york-governor-says-no-apparent-between-explosion-overseas-151306033--abc-news-topstories.html|title=Sources: Up to 5 People in FBI Custody in Connection With NY Bombing, After Traffic Stop|last2=Crudele|first2=Mark|date=September 18, 2016|last3=Levine|first3=Mike|last4=Caplan|first4=David|work=Yahoo! GMA|accessdate=September 18, 2016|first1=Aaron|last1=Katersky}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nypost.com/2016/09/18/fbi-detains-5-in-connection-to-chelsea-bombing/|title=FBI detains 5 in connection to Chelsea bombing|date=September 18, 2016|publisher=The New York Post|last1=Celona|first1=Larry|accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Sandoval Silverstein 2016" /> =={{Anchor|Ahmad Khan Rahami}}Suspect== {{Infobox person | name = Ahmad Khan Rahami | image = Suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami surveillance image.jpg | image_upright = 250px | caption = Surveillance image of Ahmad Khan Rahami, who was arrested following a manhunt | native_name = احمد خان رحامی | native_name_lang = Dari دری | pronunciation = | birth_name =  | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|01|23|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [[Afghanistan]] | death_date =  | death_place = | death_cause = | residence = [[Elizabeth, New Jersey]] | nationality = | other_names = | ethnicity = | citizenship = [[United States|American]] | education = [[Edison High School (New Jersey)|Edison High School]] | occupation = | employer = First American Fried Chicken | known_for = | height = 5 ft 6 in<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/19/what-we-know-about-suspect-ahmad-khan-rahami.html|title=What we know about suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami|first=Berkeley Jr.|last=Lovelace|date=September 19, 2016|publisher=CNBC|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> | weight = 200 lb<ref name=autogenerated1 /> | religion =  | denomination =  | criminal_charge = *Five counts of [[Attempted murder#United States|attempted murder]] of a law enforcement officer *Second-degree [[Criminal possession of a weapon|unlawful possession of a firearm]] *Second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.<ref name=WABC.Charged/><ref name=Independent.Held/><ref name=CBS.Ordered/> | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = In-custody | mother =  | father = Mohammad Rahami | module = }} '''Ahmad Khan Rahami''' (born on January 23, 1988), an [[Afghan American]],<ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016" /><ref name="HuntforRahami" /> came to the United States from Afghanistan in 2000,<ref name="ABCDetailsEmerge">{{cite web|first1=Brian|last1=Ross|first2=Rhonda|last2=Schwartz|first3=Mike|last3=Levine|first4=Stephanie|last4=Wash|first5=Michael Edison|last5=Hayden|first6=JJ|last6=Gallagher|first7=Emily|last7=Shapiro|url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/source-suspect-wanted-nyc-area-bombing/story?id=42190675|title=Details Emerge About NYC Bomb Suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami|work=ABC News|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> and was naturalized in 2011. His father, Mohammad Rahami, came to the U.S. several years earlier seeking asylum.<ref name="WhoIsRahami" /> He may have as many as seven siblings.<ref name="ABCDetailsEmerge"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/nyc-nj-explosions-ahmad-khan-rahami.html|title=Ahmad Khan Rahami Is Arrested in Manhattan and New Jersey Bombings|date=September 20, 2016|work=The New York Times|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}</ref> Rahami graduated from [[Edison High School (New Jersey)|Edison High School]] in 2008.<ref name="ArkinSiemaszko">{{cite web | last=Arkin | first=William | last2=Siemaszko | first2=Corky | title=What we know about suspected terrorist Ahmad Rahami | website=NBC News | date=September 19, 2016 | url=http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ny-nj-bombings/what-we-know-about-bombing-suspect-ahmad-rahami-n650556 | accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> From 2010 to 2012, he attended [[Middlesex County College]] in [[Edison, New Jersey]], majoring in [[criminal justice]]. He did not graduate.<ref name="WhoIsRahami" /><ref name="ArkinSiemaszko" /> Rahami's friends described him as a generous person who invited his friends to eat and conduct rap battles from his family's [[fried chicken]] restaurant—First American Fried Chicken in Elizabeth, {{convert|15|mi|km}} from New York City. In recent years, though, he seemed to be a "completely different person" who was more stern than before and less easygoing.<ref name="KleinfieldFixture">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/ahmad-khan-rahami-bombing-suspect.html|title=Ahmad Rahami: Fixture in Family’s Business and, Lately, a ‘Completely Different Person’|last=Kleinfield|first=N. R.|date=September 19, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=September 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name=Yahoo.Recalls>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/ahmad-khan-rahami-high-school-classmate-recalls-bomb-suspect-as-funny-calls-allegations-shocking-230921548.html|title=Ahmad Khan Rahami high school classmate recalls bomb suspect as ‘funny’; calls allegations ‘shocking’|work=Yahoo! News|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016|first=Caitlin|last=Dickson}}</ref> A classmate from Edison High described him as quiet, mild-mannered, well-dressed, and "not abrasive, [but] funny" whenever he spoke.<ref name=Yahoo.Recalls/> The Rahami family had a history of disputes with the City of Elizabeth over the restaurant's operating hours, claiming that the city was discriminating against them because of their ethnicity and because they were Muslim.<ref name="HuntforRahami" /><ref name="WhoIsRahami">{{cite web | last=Shoichet | first=Catherine E. | title=Ahmad Khan Rahami: What we know about the bombing suspect | website=CNN | date=September 19, 2016 | url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/19/us/ahmad-khan-rahami/index.html | accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ahmad-khan-rahami-family-claimed-anti-muslim-harassment-article-1.2798329|title=Ahmad Khan Rahami’s family claimed anti-Muslim harassment over their fast food restaurant |last1=Sandoval|first1=Edgar|last2=Silverstein|first2=Jason|date=September 19, 2016|website=The New York Daily News|access-date=September 19, 2016}}</ref> They filed a lawsuit against the city in 2011, in which they alleged harassment and religious discrimination by police and officials who would force them to close early. However, Mayor [[J. Christian Bollwage]] said the longstanding issues were caused by a series of complaints from neighbors, who reported noise and large crowds gathering at the restaurant late at night. The city later passed an ordinance barring takeout restaurants (such as the Rahamis') from operating past 10:00 p.m. In 2009, two members of Rahami's family were arrested for attempting to record a conversation with police, according to court papers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/09/family_of_bombing_suspect_sued_elizabeth_for_discr.html|title=Bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami's family sued Elizabeth for anti-Muslim harassment|work=NJ.com|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016|first=Stephen|last=Stirling}}</ref><ref name=Reuters.Clashed>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/york-bombing-suspects-family-clashed-jersey-city-over-182517173.html|title=New York bomb suspect's family clashed with New Jersey city over restaurant|publisher=Yahoo! News|agency=Reuters|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016|first1=David|last1=Ingram|first2=Joseph|last2=Ax}}</ref><ref name=WashPost.Arrested>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/09/18/three-mysterious-incidents-in-new-york-new-jersey-and-minnesota-raise-fears-of-terrorism/?utm_term=.93b3fed831bb|title=Suspect in N.Y., N.J. bombings arrested after shootout; FBI says ‘no indication’ of terror cell|work=The Washington Post|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016|first1=Renae|last1=Merle|first2=Matt|last2=Zapotosky|first3=Amy B.|last3=Wang|first4=Mark|last4=Berman|first5=Ellen|last5=Nakashima}}</ref> Rahami lived above the restaurant with his family.<ref name="KleinfieldFixture"/> In August 2014, Rahami, at that time living in [[Perth Amboy, New Jersey]], was charged with [[aggravated assault]] and [[unlawful possession of a weapon]] in [[Union County, New Jersey|Union County]]. The charges arose from allegations that Rahami had stabbed someone in the leg in a domestic incident. Rahami spent three months in the Union County Jail, but was reported to have [[bail]]ed. A [[grand jury]] declined to make an [[indictment]].<ref name="ArkinSiemaszko" /><ref name="KleinfieldFixture" /> A "high-ranking law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation" said Rahami had spent two additional days in jail, one in February 2012 for allegedly violating a [[restraining order]], and another in October 2008 for failure to pay traffic tickets.<ref name="KleinfieldFixture" /> Rahami reportedly went back to Afghanistan several times (including for an extended period starting in 2012), and "showed signs of [[radicalization]]" upon his return.<ref name="CapturedCNN" /><ref name="HuntforRahami" /><ref name="KleinfieldFixture"/> Rahami and members of his family also made several trips to [[Pakistan]].<ref name="ArkinSiemaszko" /> He spent several weeks in the cities of [[Quetta]], Pakistan, and [[Kandahar, Afghanistan]]. At Quetta, a known [[Taliban]] stronghold, he married a Pakistani woman in July 2011. Rahami traveled to Pakistan and remained there from April 2013 to March 2014. Following his Quetta visit and his near-year-long stay in Pakistan, he underwent secondary questioning. On both occasions, he stated that he visited family members and was cleared by immigration officials.<ref name="WhoIsRahami" /> According to a childhood friend, Rahami grew a beard, started wearing more religious clothing following his trips to Afghanistan, and began praying in the back of his family's restaurant.<ref name=Yahoo.Recalls/><ref name=Reuters.Clashed/> When the mobile phone from West 27th Street was examined, investigators found that Rahami had posted [[Jihadism|jihadist]] writings on various websites.<ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016" /> However, it was "not known whether he had any links to an overseas terror organization, or whether he had been inspired by such organizations and their propaganda efforts, as others have been."<ref name="HuntforRahami" /> Rahami was licensed to carry [[firearm]]s.<ref name="ArkinSiemaszko" /> ===Manhunt, shootout, and arrest=== After stopping the five men on the Verrazano–Narrows Bridge, FBI agents and Elizabeth police searched Rahami's home in the early morning of September 18.<ref name="HuntforRahami" /><ref name="WhoIsRahami" /> The FBI asked for public assistance in detaining Rahami for questioning in connection with the bombings in Manhattan and Seaside Park, as well as the attempted overnight bombing in Elizabeth. The bureau considered him to be armed and dangerous.<ref name="HuntforRahami"/> At 7:39 a.m. on September 19, the NYPD posted a "Wanted" poster of Rahami on [[Twitter]].<ref name="Willingham 2016"/> Seventeen minutes later, the [[Wireless Emergency Alerts|Wireless Emergency Alert system]] was used to send a [[Bulk_messaging|mass text message]] to the mobile phones of millions of people in New York City, marking the first time New York City used the emergency alert to search for a named suspect.<ref name="Willingham 2016">{{cite web | last=Willingham | first=AJ | title=The amazingly quick capture of Ahmad Rahami | website=CNN | date=September 19, 2016 | url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/19/us/ahmad-rahami-capture-timeline-trnd/index.html | accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="GoodmanMassAlert">{{cite web | last1=Goodman | first1=J. David | last2=Gelles | first2=David | title=Cellphone Alerts Used in New York to Search for Bombing Suspect | website=The New York Times | date=September 19, 2016 | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/cellphone-alerts-used-in-search-of-manhattan-bombing-suspect.html | accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> The alert message read, "WANTED: Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28-yr-old male. See media for pic. Call 9-1-1 if seen."<ref name="GoodmanMassAlert"/> Mayor de Blasio said, "Anyone who sees this individual or knows anything about him or his whereabouts needs to call it in right away."<ref name="Willingham 2016"/><ref>{{cite news|title=New York bombing suspect named as Ahmad Khan Rahami|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37409441|accessdate=September 19, 2016|publisher=BBC News|date=September 19, 2016}}</ref> Law enforcement also put Rahami on some [[terror watchlist]]s to prevent him from leaving the United States.<ref name="CapturedCNN" /> Concurrently, authorities started searching Rahami's home in Elizabeth. The New Jersey State Police released two tweets, one at 9:30 a.m. and the other at 10:56 a.m., both stating that Rahami was wanted in connection with the Seaside Park and Elizabeth bombs.<ref name="Willingham 2016"/> At around 10:30 a.m., a [[Linden, New Jersey]], bar owner was across the street from his bar, watching [[CNN]], when he saw a man sleeping in the doorway of his bar. The bar owner recognized the man as Rahami from news reports and notified the authorities.<ref name="CapturedCNN" /> When Linden police arrived fifteen minutes later and awoke the man, the officers realized that it was Rahami.<ref name="HuntforRahami" /><ref name=CBS.Ordered/> Responding officers were subsequently identified as Angel Padilla, Peter Hammer, and Mark Kahana.<ref name=LindenRespondingOfficersNames>{{cite news|title='We caught a terrorist' says proud new Linden chief|url=http://www.nj.com/union/index.ssf/2016/09/ahmad_khan_rahami_press_conference.html|accessdate=20 September 2016|publisher=nj.com|date=September 19, 2016}}</ref> Rahami disregarded the order to show his hands. He retrieved a handgun and shot officer Padilla in the abdomen, striking the bulletproof vest.<ref name=LindenRespondingOfficersNames/> The officer returned fire, and Rahami fled, with police pursuing him.<ref name="HuntforRahami"/> Rahami fired back indiscriminately.<ref name=WABC.Charged/> He encountered officer Hammer seated in his vehicle and fired into it. The officer was grazed in the head, shot in a hand, and struck by flying glass.<ref name=LindenRespondingOfficersNames/> However, none of the officers' injuries was serious.<ref name="CapturedCNN"/><ref name=WABC.Charged/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2016/sep/19/us-authorities-investigating-new-jersey-explosive-devices-live-updates?page=with:block-57e01f8ce4b0ef60eaef0ece#block-57e01f8ce4b0ef60eaef0ece|quote=We had two police officers who were injured out in Linden, New Jersey, and I wish them our best.|title=New York bombings: Ahmad Khan Rahami in custody after shootout – live|publisher=The Guardian|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> During the shootout, Rahami was shot at least twice and sustained a shoulder wound.<ref name="CapturedCNN" /><ref name="HuntforRahami"/><ref name=WABC.Charged/> He was finally arrested, shortly before noon, and transported to [[University Hospital (Newark, New Jersey)|University Hospital]] by ambulance.<ref name="CapturedCNN" /><ref name="HuntforRahami" /><ref name="Sandoval Silverstein 2016">{{cite web | last1=Sandoval | first1=Edgar | last2=Marcius | first2=Chelsia Rose | last3=Rayman | first3=Graham | title=Cops arrest New Jersey resident Ahmad Khan Rahami, wanted for NYC and N.J. bombings, after he shoots police officer | website=The New York Daily News | date=September 19, 2016 | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/man-wanted-nyc-nj-bombings-arrested-shooting-police-officer-article-1.2797960 | accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name=WABC.Charged>{{cite web|url=http://abc7ny.com/news/bombing-suspect-ahmad-khan-rahami-captured-in-linden-charged-with-attempted-murder/1517053/|title=Bombing Suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami Captured in Linden, Charged With 5 Counts Attempted Murder|work=WABC-TV|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> He underwent surgery and was in stable condition.<ref name=CBS.Ordered>{{cite web|url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/09/19/chelsea-blast-suspect/|title=Suspect In Chelsea, Seaside Park Explosions Ordered Held; Investigators Say ‘No Indication’ Of Broader Cell|work=CBS Local|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> Following Rahami's arrest, investigators said there was "no indication" he was part of a broader terror cell,<ref name=CBS.Ordered/> nor that such a cell was "operating in the area".<ref name=WashPost.Arrested/> Rahami was said to be initially uncooperative during interrogations.<ref name="CapturedCNN" /> ===Legal proceedings=== On the night of September 19, Linden officials charged Rahami with five counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer in relation to the shootout in Linden. He was also charged with second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, both in relation to the handgun found in his possession.<ref name=WashPost.Arrested/><ref name=WABC.Charged/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/09/explosion-chelsea-new-york/500498/|title=What We Know: The Explosions in New York and New Jersey|work=The Atlantic|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016|first1=Matt|last1=Ford|first2=Krishnadev|last2=Calamur|first3=Marina|last3=Koren|first4=Matt|last4=Vasilogambros}}</ref> He was held on a $5.2 million bond.<ref name=Independent.Held>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/new-york-explosion-bomb-blast-live-2016-manhattan-chelsea-bombing-latest-news-updating-a7314361.html|title=Ahmad Khan Rahami: Suspect held on five attempted murder charges of cops and $5.2 million bail - live updates|work=The Independent|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016|first1=Adam|last1=Withnall|first2=Samuel|last2=Osborne|first3=Rachel|last3=Revesz|first4=Justin|last4=Carissimo}}</ref> Federal prosecutors also began preparations for a terrorism case against him.<ref name=CBS.Ordered/> ==Response== [[File:New-york-governor-cuomo.webm|thumb|thumbtime=1|A portion of Governor Cuomo's response]] Governor Cuomo released a statement following the Chelsea blast, saying: "We are closely monitoring the situation and urge New Yorkers to, as always, remain calm and vigilant."<ref name="NYT"/> The day following the bombing, Cuomo and de Blasio toured the damage together.<ref name="SantoraNYT"/> President [[Barack Obama]] held a press conference following Rahami's arrest, praising law enforcement for their "extraordinary" response to the bombing scenes, their inter-agency cooperation in the investigation, and their quick actions in apprehending the suspect.<ref name=Independent.Held/> Hamdullah Mohib, Afghanistan's ambassador to the U.S., released a statement saying the Afghan government condemned the bombings and promising the country's cooperation with the investigation.<ref name=WashPost.Arrested/> Security was boosted across New York City's five [[Borough (New York City)|boroughs]] as a precautionary measure.<ref name="CNN"/> Cuomo said that, while there was no ongoing threat to the city, he would deploy 1,000 [[New York National Guard|National Guard]] troopers and [[New York State Police|State Police]] officers to major commuter hubs in the city.<ref name="SantoraNYT"/> Security was heightened around the meeting of the [[United Nations General Assembly]] in New York, which began while events were unfolding.<ref name="CapturedCNN" /> {{-}} ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{GeoGroup}} *{{Commons category-inline|2016 Manhattan explosion}} {{Portal bar|Criminal justice|New York City|Terrorism}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Manhattan bombing, 2016}} [[Category:2016 crimes in the United States]] [[Category:2016 in New Jersey]] [[Category:2016 in New York City]] [[Category:21st century in Manhattan|2016 explosion]] [[Category:Attacks in the United States in 2016]] [[Category:Chelsea, Manhattan]] [[Category:Crimes in New Jersey]] [[Category:Crimes in New York City]] [[Category:Elizabeth, New Jersey]] [[Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in the United States]] [[Category:Linden, New Jersey]] [[Category:Seaside Park, New Jersey]] [[Category:September 2016 crimes]] [[Category:September 2016 events in the United States]]'

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'{{use mdy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox civilian attack | title = 2016 New York and New Jersey bombings | partof = | image = 2016 Chelsea, NY explosion.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = [[Mayor of New York City|Mayor]] [[Bill de Blasio]] and [[Governor of New York|Governor]] [[Andrew Cuomo]] tour the site of the Manhattan bombing. | map = {{Location map many | USA New Jersey | alt = | caption = Locations of the bombings | label = Seaside Park bombing | lat_deg = 39.925602 | lon_deg = -74.074726 | position1 = left | label2= {{nowrap|Manhattan bombing}} | lat2_deg = 40.743631 | lon2_deg = -73.994308 | position2 = left | label3 = {{nowrap|Elizabeth bombs}} | lat3_deg = 40.667778 | lon3_deg = -74.215000 | position3 = left }} | coordinates = {{coord|39.925602|-74.074726|display=inline|title=Seaside Park bombing}} (Seaside Park) {{coord|40.743631|-73.994308|display=inline|title=Manhattan bombing}} (Manhattan) {{coord|40.667778|-74.215|display=inline|title=Elizabeth bombs}} (Elizabeth) | location = [[Seaside Park, New Jersey|Seaside Park]], [[New Jersey]], U.S. [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]], [[Manhattan]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. [[Elizabeth, New Jersey|Elizabeth]], New Jersey, U.S. [[Linden, New Jersey|Linden]], New Jersey, U.S. | date = '''Seaside Park bombing:''' September 17, 2016, 9:30 a.m. '''Manhattan bombing:''' September 17, 2016, 8:31 p.m. '''Elizabeth bombing:''' September 19, 2016, {{circa}} 12:40 a.m. '''Linden shootout:''' September 19, 2016, 11:23 a.m. | time = | timezone = All times are [[UTC-04:00]] | type = [[Bombing]], [[shootout]] | fatalities = 0 | injuries = '''32 total:''' * 29 civilians in Manhattan * 2 police officers at Linden * 1 suspect at Linden | victims =  | assailants =  | susperp = Ahmad Khan Rahami | weapons = [[Pressure cooker bomb]], [[pipe bomb]]s, [[handgun]] | numparts =  | dfens =  | motive = | inquiry = | coroner = | accused = | convicted = | verdict = | convictions = | charges = | litigation = | website =  | module = }} On September 17–19, 2016, there were three bombings in the [[New York metropolitan area]], specifically in [[Seaside Park, New Jersey|Seaside Park]], [[New Jersey]]; [[Manhattan]], [[New York (state)|New York]]; and [[Elizabeth, New Jersey]]. On September 17, at about 9:30 a.m., a [[pipe bomb]] exploded in a trash can along the route of a [[U.S. Marine]] charity run in Seaside Park, but no one was injured. Later that day, at about 8:30 p.m., a [[Improvised explosive device|homemade]] [[pressure cooker bomb]] exploded on [[23rd Street (Manhattan)|West 23rd Street]] in the [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]] neighborhood of Manhattan. Twenty-nine civilians were injured, 24 of whom were taken to the hospital. A second pressure cooker bomb, with wires and a mobile phone attached, was discovered by authorities on West 27th Street, four blocks away. Late on September 18, multiple bombs were discovered inside a suspicious package at the [[Elizabeth (NJT station)|Elizabeth train station]]. One of those bombs detonated early the next day during the police investigation, but no injuries were reported. On September 19, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) identified a suspect, Ahmad Khan Rahami, in all of the incidents. He was captured hours later, after a shootout in [[Linden, New Jersey]], that resulted in Rahami and two police officers being injured. Rahami was hospitalized and charged with attempted murder of a law enforcement officer and unlawful possession of a weapon. ==Seaside Park bombing== In the morning of September 17, 2016, in [[Ocean County, New Jersey]], the Seaside Semper Five, a [[5k run]] event, was expected to draw as many as 3,000 people, with many of them being veterans of the [[United States Armed Forces]]. The race was delayed after a suspicious backpack was noticed in vicinity of the area where the race was held.<ref name="NYT">{{cite web|first1=Christopher|last1=Mele|first2=Al|last2=Baker|first3=Michael|last3=Barbaro|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/nyregion/chelsea-explosion-new-york-city.html|title=Powerful Blast Injures at Least 29 in Manhattan; Second Device Found|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 17, 2016|accessdate=September 17, 2016}}</ref><ref name="patch">{{cite web|url=http://patch.com/new-jersey/tomsriver/explosion-evacuates-seaside-park-boardwalk-area-reports|title=Pipe Bomb Explodes Along 5K Seaside Park Racecourse on Jersey Shore|publisher=[[Patch.com]]|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2016|first=Tom|last=Davis}}</ref> At about 9:30 a.m., shortly before the race was supposed to start, a pipe bomb exploded in a trash can on Ocean Avenue in Seaside Park.<ref name="NYT"/><ref name="patch"/> Three "rudimentary" pipe bombs, all reportedly timed to go off during the race, were later found, with only one of the three having exploded.<ref name="Procupez">{{cite news|last1=Perez|first1=Evan|last2=Procupecz|first2=Simon|last3=Newsome|first3=John|title=Blast near Marine Corps race in New Jersey probed as possible terror act|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/17/us/nj-explosive-trash-can/|accessdate=September 18, 2016|publisher=CNN|date=September 18, 2016}}</ref> The race was canceled after the explosion,<ref name="Procupez"/> and the beach and boardwalk in Seaside Park were evacuated. Police officials and federal agents soon went [[door-to-door]], asking residents about information regarding the bombs or any suspicious activity they may have seen, heard, or witnessed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fox29.com/news/206098346-story|title=Beaches reopened but lots of questions after Jersey Shore explosion|work=Fox29.com|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Seaside Park beaches reopen after pipe bomb blast|url=http://newjersey.news12.com/news/official-more-devices-wired-to-pipe-bomb-in-seaside-park-failed-to-detonate-at-semper-five-5k-race-1.12329728?firstfree=yes|accessdate=September 18, 2016|publisher=News 12 New Jersey|date=September 19, 2016}}</ref> ==Manhattan bombing== On the same day as the Seaside Park bombing, a pressure cooker bomb filled with shrapnel, in the form of small [[Bearing (mechanical)|bearings]] or metal [[BB (ammunition)|BBs]],<ref name="SantoraNYT"/> exploded in a crowded area on [[23rd Street (Manhattan)|West 23rd Street]], between [[Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)|Sixth Avenue]] and [[Seventh Avenue (Manhattan)|Seventh Avenue]] at 8:31 p.m.<ref>{{cite web|title=Surveillance videos from Chelsea gym show terrifying moment bomb detonates|url=http://pix11.com/2016/09/18/surveillance-video-from-chelsea-gym-shows-terrifying-moment-bomb-detonates/|website=WPIX-TV|accessdate=September 18, 2016|date=September 18, 2016|first1=Alyssa|last1=Zauderer|first2=Dan|last2=Mannarino}}</ref><ref name="NYT"/><ref name="SantoraNYT"/> The explosion occurred in front of 133 West 23rd Street,<ref name="NYT-WhatWeKnow">{{cite news | last1=Workman | first1=Karen | last2=Rosenberg | first2=Eli | last3=Mele | first3=Christopher | title=Chelsea Explosion: What We Know and Don’t Know | website=The New York Times | date=September 13, 2016 | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/nyregion/chelsea-explosion-what-we-know-and-dont-know.html | accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref> from the street in the vicinity of a construction site,<ref name="WaPo">{{cite web|first1=Philip|last1=Bump|first2=Mark|last2=Berman|first3=Amy B.|last3=Wang|first4=Matt|last4=Zapotosky|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/09/17/new-york-officials-say-25-people-injured-after-explosion-in-chelsea/|title=Explosion that injured 29 in New York 'obviously an act of terrorism,' governor says|work=The Washington Post|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref> at which materials were in place for exterior renovations of the Visions at Selis Manor facility, an apartment building for the blind, at 135 West 23rd Street.<ref name="APInvestigationUnderway">{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/09/18/29-hurt-in-manhattan-explosion-suspicious-package-probed/|title=Investigation underway into NYC explosion that injured 29|publisher=Mercury News|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Newsday">{{cite news|title=De Blasio: Dozens injured in Manhattan explosion|url=http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/de-blasio-29-injured-in-explosion-in-manhattan-1.12331497|work=Newsday|date=September 17, 2016|accessdate=September 17, 2016}}</ref> Other nearby buildings included the Townhouse Inn of Chelsea,<ref name="Newsday"/> many restaurants, and a [[Trader Joe's]] at 21st Street and 6th Avenue.<ref name="APInvestigationUnderway"/> The Chelsea neighborhood is residential, known for its nightlife, and is not close to any significant tourist sites or government buildings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.ng/news/world/183688/injured-intentional-york-explosion|title=Several injured in 'intentional' New York explosion|date=September 18, 2016|publisher=Today|accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref> Witnesses said that the explosion "seemed to have started inside a sidewalk [[dumpster]]" in the vicinity of Sixth Avenue, and photographs of a "twisted dumpster" in the middle of West 23rd Street went viral on Twitter.<ref name="NYT"/> A law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity stated that the explosion "appeared to have come from a construction [[toolbox]]" in front of a building", and photographs of the area reportedly showed a twisted, crumpled black metal box.<ref name="APInvestigationUnderway"/> ===Effects=== [[File:Police after 2016 Manhattan explosion.jpg|thumb|left|Police officer instructs civilian, as other police and fire crews work near scene of bomb explosion]] The explosion "shattered windows in a five-story [[brownstone]] building" and sent debris onto the street.<ref name="NYT"/> Debris was also strewn in front of the [[St. Vincent de Paul Church (Manhattan)|St. Vincent de Paul Church]].<ref name="NYDN">{{cite web|first1=Edgar|last1=Sandoval|first2=Nicole|last2=Hensley|first3=Ginger Adams|last3=Otis|first4=Rocco|last4=Parascandola|first5=Rich|last5=Schapiro|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/blast-rips-chelsea-street-started-running-article-1.2796382|title=Explosive fireball rattles Chelsea street injuring 29, secondary pressure cooking device found blocks away|work=The New York Daily News|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref> The moment of the blast was captured on [[closed-circuit television]] footage from three cameras.<ref name="WSJShallwaniVilensky">{{cite web|first1=Pervaiz|last1=Shallwani|first2=Mike|last2=Vilensky|url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/explosion-in-new-yorks-chelsea-neighborhood-injures-several-people-1474163987|title='Intentional' Explosion in Chelsea Neighborhood of New York Injures Dozens|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref> Twenty-nine civilians were injured,<ref name="NYT" /><ref name="NYT-WhatWeKnow"/> 24 of whom were taken to four different local hospitals.<ref name="NYDN"/><ref name="CNN">{{cite news|last1=Simon|first1=Mallory|last2=Hume|first2=Tim|title=New York explosion that injured 29 was 'intentional act,' mayor says|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/17/us/new-york-explosion/|publisher=CNN|date=September 17, 2016|accessdate=September 17, 2016}}</ref> Most of the injuries were scrapes and bruises caused by flying debris and glass.<ref name="APInvestigationUnderway"/><ref name="WSJShallwaniVilensky"/> None of the injuries were life-threatening but one managed to sustain a [[puncture wound]] and was seriously hurt.<ref name="NYT" /> Nine of the injured were taken to [[Bellevue Hospital]],<ref name=NBC.Intentional/> including the seriously injured civilian.<ref name="NYDN"/> Lenox Health Greenwich Village treated another nine victims.<ref name="WaPo"/> By the following morning, all of the injured had been released.<ref name="NYT-WhatWeKnow"/><ref name="SantoraNYT">{{cite news|first1=Marc|last1=Santora|first2=William K.|last2=Rashbaum|first3=Al|last3=Baker|first4=Adam|last4=Goldman|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/nyregion/new-york-explosion-chelsea.html|title=Manhattan Bombs Provide Trove of Clues; F.B.I. Questions 5 People|work=The New York Times|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref> The explosion disrupted travel in Manhattan extensively. A significant zone ([[14th Street (Manhattan)|14th Street]] to [[34th Street (Manhattan)|34th Street]] between [[Fifth Avenue]] and [[Eighth Avenue (Manhattan)|Eighth Avenue]]) was closed to car travel overnight. By 7:00 a.m. the following morning, "all of the streets and avenues had been reopened, except for West 23rd Street, which remained closed between Fifth and Eighth Avenues." [[New York City Subway]] service to stations along West 23rd Street was disrupted while the investigation was ongoing.<ref name="TransportationDisruptions">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/nyregion/explosion-causes-extensive-disruptions-to-travel-in-manhattan.html|title=Explosion Causes Extensive Disruptions to Travel in Manhattan|last=Mele|first=Christopher|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref> ===Discovery of second device=== Following the explosion, officers began a block-by-block search for additional unexploded bombs.<ref name="GolsteinHowFound">{{cite web|first=Joseph|last=Golstein|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/nyregion/second-bomb-new-york-explosion.html|title=How Police Found Second Bomb, and a 'Total Containment Vessel' Hauled It Away|work=The New York Times|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref> Several hours later, two [[New York State Police|state troopers]] discovered a pressure cooker bomb, with dark wiring taped with silver duct tape attaching it to a mobile phone, found inside a plastic bag.<ref name="SantoraNYT"/><ref name="GolsteinHowFound"/> It was also filled with small bearings or metal BBs.<ref name="SantoraNYT"/> The pressure cooker bomb was described as similar to the two pressure cooker bombs used in the [[Boston Marathon bombing]].<ref name="NYT" /><ref name="NYDN" /><ref name="CNN"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/09/nyc_explosion_believed_to_be_intentional_act_mayor.html|title=NYC blast believed to be 'intentional act,' mayor says|work=NJ.com|date=September 17, 2016|accessdate=September 17, 2016|first=Noah|last=Cohen}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/18/us/new-york-explosion/index.html|title=New York bombing: Investigators search for suspects, motive|first1=Evan|last1=Perez|first2=Shimon|last2=Prokupecz|publisher=CNN|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref> The device was discovered near a mailbox at [[27th Street (Manhattan)|West 27th Street]] between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, four blocks away from the site of the original blast. The [[New York City Police Department]] (NYPD) reported its find of a "possible secondary device" at 11:00 p.m.<ref name="NYT" /> The bomb was removed by an NYPD bomb squad robot.<ref name="NYT" /><ref name="APInvestigationUnderway"/> The robot placed the bomb in a "total containment vessel" (a spherical chamber hitched to a police truck), and the device was driven away at around 2:25 a.m. on September 18.<ref name="GolsteinHowFound"/> Investigators obtained fingerprints and the mobile phone from the device.<ref name="CapturedCNN" /><ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016">{{cite web|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160919/chelsea/thieves-helped-crack-chelsea-bombing-case-sources-say|title=Thieves Helped Crack the Chelsea Bombing Case, Sources Say|last=Weiss|first=Murray|last2=Rizzi|first2=Nicholas|date=September 19, 2016|website=DNAinfo New York|last3=Kapp|first3=Trevor|last4=Gardiner|first4=Aidan|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> The bomb was driven to the NYPD's [[Rodman's Neck]] firing range in [[the Bronx]], where it was rendered safe<ref name="NYT-WhatWeKnow"/> via a [[controlled explosion]].<ref name="CapturedCNN"/> The devices were to be sent to the [[FBI Laboratory]] in [[Quantico, Virginia]], for further inspection.<ref name="NYT-WhatWeKnow"/><ref name="WaPo"/> {{-}} ==Discovery of bombs in Elizabeth== At around 8:00 p.m. on September 18, two homeless men took a backpack atop a municipal garbage can at the [[Elizabeth (NJT station)|Elizabeth train station]] in [[Elizabeth, New Jersey]].<ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016"/><ref name=NBC.Questioned>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nyc-explosion-fbi-cops-investigate-vehicle-interest-n-y-new-n650306|title=Ahmad Rahami, Suspect in N.Y., N.J. Bombings, in Custody: Sources|work=NBC News|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016|first1=Miguel|last1=Almaguer|first2=Alex|last2=Johnson|first3=Tom|last3=Winter|first4=Jonathan|last4=Dienst|first5=Corky|last5=Siemaszko}}</ref><ref name="SchweberBromwich">{{cite web | last=Schweber | first=Nate | last2=Bromwich | first2=Jonah Engel | title=Pipe Bombs Found Near Train Station in Elizabeth, N.J. | website=The New York Times | date=September 19, 2016 | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/pipe-bombs-found-near-train-station-in-elizabeth-nj-official-says.html | accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="WNBC">{{cite web | last=Dienst | first=Jonathan | last2=Siff | first2=Andrew | last3=Siegal | first3=Ida | last4=Creag | first4=Katherine | last5=Bordonaro | first5=Lori | title=Device Explodes Near Train Station in New Jersey as Authorities Probe Bag | website=NBC New York | date=September 19, 2016 | url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/NYC-Verrazano-Bridge-Traffic-Stop-Chelsea-Bombing-Elizabeth-NJT-Station-Package-393920101.html | accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name=NJ.Sought>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/09/elizabeth_man_sought_by_fbi_on_nj_nyc_explosions_w.html|title=Man sought by FBI in N.J., NYC explosions worked in family eatery|work=NJ.com|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> They were about {{convert|300|ft|m}} from a busy pub's front entrance<ref name=NBC.Questioned/> and about {{convert|500|ft|m}} from a [[Trestle bridge|train trestle]] when they took the backpack.<ref name="CapturedCNN">{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/19/us/new-york-explosion-investigation/index.html?sr=twCNN091916new-york-explosion-investigation0944AMVODtop | title=NY, NJ bombings: Suspect charged with attempted murder of officers | publisher=CNN | date=September 19, 2016 | accessdate=September 19, 2016 | first1=Evan | last1=Perez | first2=Shimon | last2=Prokupecz | first3=Emanuella | last3=Grinberg | first4=Holly | last4=Yan}}</ref> The men looked into the backpack, discovered that the item contained wires and a pipe, and contacted the Elizabeth Police Department around 8:45 p.m.<ref name="SchweberBromwich"/> The pair were not held as suspects.<ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016"/><ref name="SchweberBromwich"/> The investigation was then turned over to the [[New Jersey State Police]] and the FBI, which sent in two robots that confirmed the devices were pipe bombs. One of these was accidentally detonated at around 12:40 a.m. as the robots sought to disarm the devices. "One robot was destroyed and [the other] had a mechanical arm blown off."<ref name="SchweberBromwich"/><ref name=NJ.Sought/> Authorities were working to disable the other devices.<ref name="SchweberBromwich"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-explosion-reported-scene-investigation-42187592|title=The Latest: Man Being Sought Lived in Apartment FBI Searched|publisher=ABC News|agency=Associated Press|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> Following the bomb's accidental explosion, the station was evacuated. The surrounding area was put on [[lockdown]], and service was suspended between the [[Newark Liberty International Airport station|Newark Airport]] and Elizabeth stations for the day. New Jersey-bound trains from New York were also held at [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|Penn Station]].<ref name="WNBC"/><ref name="LiveblogABC">{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-apparent-link-nyc-blast-overseas-terror-42173130|title=The Latest: Suspicious Device Checked at NJ Train Station|publisher=ABC News|agency=Associated Press|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> Elizabeth Mayor [[J. Christian Bollwage]] said that it was unclear whether the train station was a specific target, or whether the bombs were dumped by someone looking to quickly get rid of them.<ref name="SchweberBromwich"/> The Elizabeth device was "similar in appearance" to the Seaside Park device.<ref name=NBC.Questioned/> Police later theorized that the bomber, Ahmad Khan Rahami, had thrown away the bombs in Elizabeth in an effort to hide the evidence because these bombs lacked detonators.<ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016"/> ==Investigation== [[File:23rd Street Manhattan bombing investigation 3.jpg|thumb|right|Ongoing investigation at 23rd Street, as seen on September 19]] The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI), the [[Joint Terrorism Task Force]] (JTTF), [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Homeland Security]], and the [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives]] (ATF) responded to the scene of the Manhattan bombing and were involved in the investigation, in addition to the [[New York City Fire Department]] (FDNY) and the NYPD. Initially, the Seaside Park and Manhattan bombings were investigated as separate incidents, but over a period of two days, the investigation yielded similarities between the two incidents.<ref name="NYT" /><ref name=NBC.Intentional>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/29-hurt-manhattan-explosion-called-intentional-act-n650041|title='An Act of Terrorism': Investigators Hunting for Clues in NYC Bomb That Injured 29|work=NBC News|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2016|first1=Jonathan|last1=Dienst|first2=Tom|last2=Winter|first3=Richard|last3=Esposito|first4=Emmanuelle|last4=Saliba|first5=Phil|last5=Helsel|first6=Elisha|last6=Fieldstadt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2016/sep/18/manhattan-explosion-several-injured-in-blast-rolling-report|title=New York explosion: Cuomo says 'no evidence of international terrorism' – as it happened|first1=Elle|last1=Hunt|first2=Alan|last2=Yuhas|date=September 18, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2016|publisher=The Guardian}}</ref> Both of the Manhattan bombs—the one that exploded and the second that was disabled—were of the same design, using pressure cookers filled with bearings or metal BBs that were rigged with [[Flip (form)|flip]] [[mobile phone]]s and [[Christmas lights]] that set off an explosive "similar to... [[Tannerite]]", a commercially available explosive compound.<ref name="SantoraNYT"/> Tannerite is generally used to mark target practice shots with smoke and little explosion. Experts said a large amount of tannerite would have been needed to create an explosion such as this one, and that the explosion would have needed an [[accelerant]] or other [[pyrotechnic initiator|ignitor]].<ref>{{cite news |website=Orlando Sentinel | title=FBI pulls over car, questions occupants in New York City bombing probe | date=September 19, 2016 | url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/ct-chelsea-new-york-city-bomb-20160918-story.html | accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> The FBI examined fingerprints from the undetonated West 27th Street pressure cooker bomb and its attached mobile phone.<ref name="CapturedCNN" /> On September 19, the FBI traced the prints, as well as some pictures on the mobile phone, to Ahmad Khan Rahami.<ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016" /><ref name="HuntforRahami" /> ===Motive=== [[File:Video report by Zlatica Hoke, 2016 New York Bombing.webm|thumb|right|thumbtime=00:01|[[Voice of America]] video report]] At [[:File:Loud-explosion-reported-manhattan-chelsea-neighborhood.webm|a news conference]] at 11:15 p.m. on September 17, [[Mayor of New York City|New York City Mayor]] [[Bill de Blasio]] said that the Manhattan explosion was intentional, but there was no evidence of a [[Terrorism|terrorist attack]] at the time.<ref name="NYT"/><ref name="CNN"/> De Blasio said, "There is no specific and credible threat to New York City from any terror organization."<ref name="NYT"/> Officials left open the possibility of [[arson]] or [[vandalism]] at the time.<ref>{{cite news|last1=David|first1=Javier E.|title=NYC Mayor DeBlasio: Chelsea explosion 'intentional', but no immediate terror link|url=http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/17/explosion-injuries-reported-in-nycs-chelsea-section.html|work=CNBC|date=September 17, 2016|accessdate=September 17, 2016}}</ref> At the same news conference, [[New York City Police Commissioner]] [[James P. O'Neill]] said the "exact nature and cause of this explosion has not yet been determined"<ref name="CNN"/> and that there was no indication that the explosion was [[Gas explosion|caused by natural gas]].<ref name="usa today">{{cite web|first1=Melanie|last1=Eversley|first2=Kevin|last2=McCoy|title=Big blast, 29 injuries in NYC; pressure cooker device removed nearby|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/09/17/explosion-new-york-chelsea-neighborhood/90605526/|newspaper=USA Today|date=September 17, 2016|accessdate=September 17, 2016}}</ref> An official speaking to ''[[The New York Times]]'' on condition of anonymity said, "We don't understand the target or the significance of it. It's by a pile of dumpsters on a random sidewalk."<ref name="NYT"/> At [[:File:New-york-governor-cuomo.webm|a news conference]] the day following the Manhattan explosion, [[Governor of New York|Governor]] [[Andrew Cuomo]] said that placing a bomb in a crowded city street was intrinsically a terrorist act,<ref name="Parascandola Durkin Otis 2016">{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/de-blasio-urges-vigilance-chelsea-explosion-investigated-article-1.2796906|title=Authorities hunt for terrorists who caused Chelsea explosion and planned to detonate second bomb|last=Parascandola|first=Rocco|last2=Durkin|first2=Erin|date=September 18, 2016|website=[[New York Daily News]]|last3=Otis|first3=Ginger Adams|accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref> but said that "there is no evidence of an international terrorism connection with this incident", while noting that the investigation was still in its early stages. An explosives expert, speaking anonymously, said the materials used in the bomb indicated that the bomb-builder had some knowledge of how to assemble the explosive device.<ref name="SantoraNYT"/> ===Search for possible suspect(s)=== Investigators discovered surveillance video that showed a suspect planting a bomb on 23rd Street in Manhattan, then walking to 27th Street dragging a duffel bag. The subject left the bag at 27th Street. Later, two individuals took the pressure cooker bomb out of the bag and left the scene.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Parascandola Durkin Otis 2016" /> It was later determined that the two men who had taken the bomb out of the bag were scavengers who had wanted the duffel bag and did not know what they had been handling; in the process, they might have deactivated the bomb in the bag. The NYPD wished to talk with these men, who were not considered suspects.<ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nypost.com/2016/09/19/two-men-took-second-bomb-out-of-suitcase-in-chelsea/|title=Two men took second bomb out of suitcase in Chelsea|last=Celona|first=Larry|last2=Musumeci|first2=Natalie|date=September 19, 2016|website=[[New York Post]]|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> Late on September 18, the day after the Manhattan explosion, the FBI announced that five men, who were later found to be relatives of Rahami, had been detained in connection with the investigation. The men were detained at about 8:45 p.m. at a traffic stop, which was being conducted by the FBI and NYPD on the [[Belt Parkway]] near the [[Verrazano–Narrows Bridge]].<ref name="NBC.Questioned" /><ref name="HuntforRahami">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/nyc-nj-explosions-ahmad-khan-rahami.html|title=Ahmad Khan Rahami Is Arrested in Manhattan and New Jersey Bombings|date=September 18, 2016|last2=Rashbaum|first2=William K.|newspaper=The New York Times|last3=Baker|first3=Al|last4=Goldman|first4=Adam|first1=Marc|last1=Santora|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Yahoo.Connection">{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/gma/york-governor-says-no-apparent-between-explosion-overseas-151306033--abc-news-topstories.html|title=Sources: Up to 5 People in FBI Custody in Connection With NY Bombing, After Traffic Stop|last2=Crudele|first2=Mark|date=September 18, 2016|last3=Levine|first3=Mike|last4=Caplan|first4=David|work=Yahoo! GMA|accessdate=September 18, 2016|first1=Aaron|last1=Katersky}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nypost.com/2016/09/18/fbi-detains-5-in-connection-to-chelsea-bombing/|title=FBI detains 5 in connection to Chelsea bombing|date=September 18, 2016|publisher=The New York Post|last1=Celona|first1=Larry|accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Sandoval Silverstein 2016" /> =={{Anchor|Ahmad Khan Rahami}}Suspect== {{Infobox person | name = Ahmad Khan Rahami | image = Suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami surveillance image.jpg | image_upright = 250px | caption = Surveillance image of Ahmad Khan Rahami, who was arrested following a manhunt | native_name = احمد خان رحامی | native_name_lang = Dari دری | pronunciation = | birth_name =  | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|01|23|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [[Afghanistan]] | death_date =  | death_place = | death_cause = | residence = [[Elizabeth, New Jersey]] | nationality = | other_names = | ethnicity = | citizenship = [[United States|American]] | education = [[Edison High School (New Jersey)|Edison High School]] | occupation = | employer = First American Fried Chicken | known_for = | height = 5 ft 6 in<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/19/what-we-know-about-suspect-ahmad-khan-rahami.html|title=What we know about suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami|first=Berkeley Jr.|last=Lovelace|date=September 19, 2016|publisher=CNBC|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> | weight = 200 lb<ref name=autogenerated1 /> | religion =  | denomination =  | criminal_charge = *Five counts of [[Attempted murder#United States|attempted murder]] of a law enforcement officer *Second-degree [[Criminal possession of a weapon|unlawful possession of a firearm]] *Second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.<ref name=WABC.Charged/><ref name=Independent.Held/><ref name=CBS.Ordered/> | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = In-custody | mother =  | father = Mohammad Rahami | module = }} '''Ahmad Khan Rahami''' (born on January 23, 1988), an [[Afghan American]],<ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016" /><ref name="HuntforRahami" /> came to the United States from Afghanistan in 2000,<ref name="ABCDetailsEmerge">{{cite web|first1=Brian|last1=Ross|first2=Rhonda|last2=Schwartz|first3=Mike|last3=Levine|first4=Stephanie|last4=Wash|first5=Michael Edison|last5=Hayden|first6=JJ|last6=Gallagher|first7=Emily|last7=Shapiro|url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/source-suspect-wanted-nyc-area-bombing/story?id=42190675|title=Details Emerge About NYC Bomb Suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami|work=ABC News|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> and was naturalized in 2011. His father, Mohammad Rahami, came to the U.S. several years earlier seeking asylum.<ref name="WhoIsRahami" /> His father had been part of the anti-Soviet [[mujahideen]] movement in Afghanistan, and was critical of the [[Taliban]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/americas/.premium-1.743036|title=Ahmad Khan Rahami's Father Was a Mujahideen in Afghanistan, Neighbor Says read more: http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/americas/.premium-1.743036|work=Haaretz|date=19 September 2016|accessdate=20 September 2016|first=Taly|last=Krupkin}}</ref> Rahami may have as many as seven siblings.<ref name="ABCDetailsEmerge"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/nyc-nj-explosions-ahmad-khan-rahami.html|title=Ahmad Khan Rahami Is Arrested in Manhattan and New Jersey Bombings|date=September 20, 2016|work=The New York Times|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}</ref> Rahami graduated from [[Edison High School (New Jersey)|Edison High School]] in 2008.<ref name="ArkinSiemaszko">{{cite web | last=Arkin | first=William | last2=Siemaszko | first2=Corky | title=What we know about suspected terrorist Ahmad Rahami | website=NBC News | date=September 19, 2016 | url=http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ny-nj-bombings/what-we-know-about-bombing-suspect-ahmad-rahami-n650556 | accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> From 2010 to 2012, he attended [[Middlesex County College]] in [[Edison, New Jersey]], majoring in [[criminal justice]]. He did not graduate.<ref name="WhoIsRahami" /><ref name="ArkinSiemaszko" /> Rahami's friends described him as a generous person who invited his friends to eat and conduct rap battles from his family's [[fried chicken]] restaurant—First American Fried Chicken in Elizabeth, {{convert|15|mi|km}} from New York City. In recent years, though, he seemed to be a "completely different person" who was more stern than before and less easygoing.<ref name="KleinfieldFixture">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/ahmad-khan-rahami-bombing-suspect.html|title=Ahmad Rahami: Fixture in Family’s Business and, Lately, a ‘Completely Different Person’|last=Kleinfield|first=N. R.|date=September 19, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=September 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name=Yahoo.Recalls>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/ahmad-khan-rahami-high-school-classmate-recalls-bomb-suspect-as-funny-calls-allegations-shocking-230921548.html|title=Ahmad Khan Rahami high school classmate recalls bomb suspect as ‘funny’; calls allegations ‘shocking’|work=Yahoo! News|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016|first=Caitlin|last=Dickson}}</ref> A classmate from Edison High described him as quiet, mild-mannered, well-dressed, and "not abrasive, [but] funny" whenever he spoke.<ref name=Yahoo.Recalls/> The Rahami family had a history of disputes with the City of Elizabeth over the restaurant's operating hours, claiming that the city was discriminating against them because of their ethnicity and because they were Muslim.<ref name="HuntforRahami" /><ref name="WhoIsRahami">{{cite web | last=Shoichet | first=Catherine E. | title=Ahmad Khan Rahami: What we know about the bombing suspect | website=CNN | date=September 19, 2016 | url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/19/us/ahmad-khan-rahami/index.html | accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ahmad-khan-rahami-family-claimed-anti-muslim-harassment-article-1.2798329|title=Ahmad Khan Rahami’s family claimed anti-Muslim harassment over their fast food restaurant |last1=Sandoval|first1=Edgar|last2=Silverstein|first2=Jason|date=September 19, 2016|website=The New York Daily News|access-date=September 19, 2016}}</ref> They filed a lawsuit against the city in 2011, in which they alleged harassment and religious discrimination by police and officials who would force them to close early. However, Mayor [[J. Christian Bollwage]] said the longstanding issues were caused by a series of complaints from neighbors, who reported noise and large crowds gathering at the restaurant late at night. The city later passed an ordinance barring takeout restaurants (such as the Rahamis') from operating past 10:00 p.m. In 2009, two members of Rahami's family were arrested for attempting to record a conversation with police, according to court papers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/09/family_of_bombing_suspect_sued_elizabeth_for_discr.html|title=Bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami's family sued Elizabeth for anti-Muslim harassment|work=NJ.com|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016|first=Stephen|last=Stirling}}</ref><ref name=Reuters.Clashed>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/york-bombing-suspects-family-clashed-jersey-city-over-182517173.html|title=New York bomb suspect's family clashed with New Jersey city over restaurant|publisher=Yahoo! News|agency=Reuters|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016|first1=David|last1=Ingram|first2=Joseph|last2=Ax}}</ref><ref name=WashPost.Arrested>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/09/18/three-mysterious-incidents-in-new-york-new-jersey-and-minnesota-raise-fears-of-terrorism/?utm_term=.93b3fed831bb|title=Suspect in N.Y., N.J. bombings arrested after shootout; FBI says ‘no indication’ of terror cell|work=The Washington Post|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016|first1=Renae|last1=Merle|first2=Matt|last2=Zapotosky|first3=Amy B.|last3=Wang|first4=Mark|last4=Berman|first5=Ellen|last5=Nakashima}}</ref> Rahami lived above the restaurant with his family.<ref name="KleinfieldFixture"/> In August 2014, Rahami, at that time living in [[Perth Amboy, New Jersey]], was charged with [[aggravated assault]] and [[unlawful possession of a weapon]] in [[Union County, New Jersey|Union County]]. The charges arose from allegations that Rahami had stabbed someone in the leg in a domestic incident. Rahami spent three months in the Union County Jail, but was reported to have [[bail]]ed. A [[grand jury]] declined to make an [[indictment]].<ref name="ArkinSiemaszko" /><ref name="KleinfieldFixture" /> A "high-ranking law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation" said Rahami had spent two additional days in jail, one in February 2012 for allegedly violating a [[restraining order]], and another in October 2008 for failure to pay traffic tickets.<ref name="KleinfieldFixture" /> Rahami reportedly went back to Afghanistan several times (including for an extended period starting in 2012), and "showed signs of [[radicalization]]" upon his return.<ref name="CapturedCNN" /><ref name="HuntforRahami" /><ref name="KleinfieldFixture"/> Rahami and members of his family also made several trips to [[Pakistan]].<ref name="ArkinSiemaszko" /> He spent several weeks in the cities of [[Quetta]], Pakistan, and [[Kandahar, Afghanistan]]. At Quetta, a known [[Taliban]] stronghold, he married a Pakistani woman in July 2011. Rahami traveled to Pakistan and remained there from April 2013 to March 2014. Following his Quetta visit and his near-year-long stay in Pakistan, he underwent secondary questioning. On both occasions, he stated that he visited family members and was cleared by immigration officials.<ref name="WhoIsRahami" /> According to a childhood friend, Rahami grew a beard, started wearing more religious clothing following his trips to Afghanistan, and began praying in the back of his family's restaurant.<ref name=Yahoo.Recalls/><ref name=Reuters.Clashed/> When the mobile phone from West 27th Street was examined, investigators found that Rahami had posted [[Jihadism|jihadist]] writings on various websites.<ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016" /> However, it was "not known whether he had any links to an overseas terror organization, or whether he had been inspired by such organizations and their propaganda efforts, as others have been."<ref name="HuntforRahami" /> Rahami was licensed to carry [[firearm]]s.<ref name="ArkinSiemaszko" /> ===Manhunt, shootout, and arrest=== After stopping the five men on the Verrazano–Narrows Bridge, FBI agents and Elizabeth police searched Rahami's home in the early morning of September 18.<ref name="HuntforRahami" /><ref name="WhoIsRahami" /> The FBI asked for public assistance in detaining Rahami for questioning in connection with the bombings in Manhattan and Seaside Park, as well as the attempted overnight bombing in Elizabeth. The bureau considered him to be armed and dangerous.<ref name="HuntforRahami"/> At 7:39 a.m. on September 19, the NYPD posted a "Wanted" poster of Rahami on [[Twitter]].<ref name="Willingham 2016"/> Seventeen minutes later, the [[Wireless Emergency Alerts|Wireless Emergency Alert system]] was used to send a [[Bulk_messaging|mass text message]] to the mobile phones of millions of people in New York City, marking the first time New York City used the emergency alert to search for a named suspect.<ref name="Willingham 2016">{{cite web | last=Willingham | first=AJ | title=The amazingly quick capture of Ahmad Rahami | website=CNN | date=September 19, 2016 | url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/19/us/ahmad-rahami-capture-timeline-trnd/index.html | accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="GoodmanMassAlert">{{cite web | last1=Goodman | first1=J. David | last2=Gelles | first2=David | title=Cellphone Alerts Used in New York to Search for Bombing Suspect | website=The New York Times | date=September 19, 2016 | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/cellphone-alerts-used-in-search-of-manhattan-bombing-suspect.html | accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> The alert message read, "WANTED: Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28-yr-old male. See media for pic. Call 9-1-1 if seen."<ref name="GoodmanMassAlert"/> Mayor de Blasio said, "Anyone who sees this individual or knows anything about him or his whereabouts needs to call it in right away."<ref name="Willingham 2016"/><ref>{{cite news|title=New York bombing suspect named as Ahmad Khan Rahami|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37409441|accessdate=September 19, 2016|publisher=BBC News|date=September 19, 2016}}</ref> Law enforcement also put Rahami on some [[terror watchlist]]s to prevent him from leaving the United States.<ref name="CapturedCNN" /> Concurrently, authorities started searching Rahami's home in Elizabeth. The New Jersey State Police released two tweets, one at 9:30 a.m. and the other at 10:56 a.m., both stating that Rahami was wanted in connection with the Seaside Park and Elizabeth bombs.<ref name="Willingham 2016"/> At around 10:30 a.m., a [[Linden, New Jersey]], bar owner was across the street from his bar, watching [[CNN]], when he saw a man sleeping in the doorway of his bar. The bar owner recognized the man as Rahami from news reports and notified the authorities.<ref name="CapturedCNN" /> When Linden police arrived fifteen minutes later and awoke the man, the officers realized that it was Rahami.<ref name="HuntforRahami" /><ref name=CBS.Ordered/> Responding officers were subsequently identified as Angel Padilla, Peter Hammer, and Mark Kahana.<ref name=LindenRespondingOfficersNames>{{cite news|title='We caught a terrorist' says proud new Linden chief|url=http://www.nj.com/union/index.ssf/2016/09/ahmad_khan_rahami_press_conference.html|accessdate=20 September 2016|publisher=nj.com|date=September 19, 2016}}</ref> Rahami disregarded the order to show his hands. He retrieved a handgun and shot officer Padilla in the abdomen, striking the bulletproof vest.<ref name=LindenRespondingOfficersNames/> The officer returned fire, and Rahami fled, with police pursuing him.<ref name="HuntforRahami"/> Rahami fired back indiscriminately.<ref name=WABC.Charged/> He encountered officer Hammer seated in his vehicle and fired into it. The officer was grazed in the head, shot in a hand, and struck by flying glass.<ref name=LindenRespondingOfficersNames/> However, none of the officers' injuries was serious.<ref name="CapturedCNN"/><ref name=WABC.Charged/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2016/sep/19/us-authorities-investigating-new-jersey-explosive-devices-live-updates?page=with:block-57e01f8ce4b0ef60eaef0ece#block-57e01f8ce4b0ef60eaef0ece|quote=We had two police officers who were injured out in Linden, New Jersey, and I wish them our best.|title=New York bombings: Ahmad Khan Rahami in custody after shootout – live|publisher=The Guardian|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> During the shootout, Rahami was shot at least twice and sustained a shoulder wound.<ref name="CapturedCNN" /><ref name="HuntforRahami"/><ref name=WABC.Charged/> He was finally arrested, shortly before noon, and transported to [[University Hospital (Newark, New Jersey)|University Hospital]] by ambulance.<ref name="CapturedCNN" /><ref name="HuntforRahami" /><ref name="Sandoval Silverstein 2016">{{cite web | last1=Sandoval | first1=Edgar | last2=Marcius | first2=Chelsia Rose | last3=Rayman | first3=Graham | title=Cops arrest New Jersey resident Ahmad Khan Rahami, wanted for NYC and N.J. bombings, after he shoots police officer | website=The New York Daily News | date=September 19, 2016 | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/man-wanted-nyc-nj-bombings-arrested-shooting-police-officer-article-1.2797960 | accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name=WABC.Charged>{{cite web|url=http://abc7ny.com/news/bombing-suspect-ahmad-khan-rahami-captured-in-linden-charged-with-attempted-murder/1517053/|title=Bombing Suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami Captured in Linden, Charged With 5 Counts Attempted Murder|work=WABC-TV|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> He underwent surgery and was in stable condition.<ref name=CBS.Ordered>{{cite web|url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/09/19/chelsea-blast-suspect/|title=Suspect In Chelsea, Seaside Park Explosions Ordered Held; Investigators Say ‘No Indication’ Of Broader Cell|work=CBS Local|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016}}</ref> Following Rahami's arrest, investigators said there was "no indication" he was part of a broader terror cell,<ref name=CBS.Ordered/> nor that such a cell was "operating in the area".<ref name=WashPost.Arrested/> Rahami was said to be initially uncooperative during interrogations.<ref name="CapturedCNN" /> ===Legal proceedings=== On the night of September 19, Linden officials charged Rahami with five counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer in relation to the shootout in Linden. He was also charged with second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, both in relation to the handgun found in his possession.<ref name=WashPost.Arrested/><ref name=WABC.Charged/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/09/explosion-chelsea-new-york/500498/|title=What We Know: The Explosions in New York and New Jersey|work=The Atlantic|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016|first1=Matt|last1=Ford|first2=Krishnadev|last2=Calamur|first3=Marina|last3=Koren|first4=Matt|last4=Vasilogambros}}</ref> He was held on a $5.2 million bond.<ref name=Independent.Held>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/new-york-explosion-bomb-blast-live-2016-manhattan-chelsea-bombing-latest-news-updating-a7314361.html|title=Ahmad Khan Rahami: Suspect held on five attempted murder charges of cops and $5.2 million bail - live updates|work=The Independent|date=September 19, 2016|accessdate=September 19, 2016|first1=Adam|last1=Withnall|first2=Samuel|last2=Osborne|first3=Rachel|last3=Revesz|first4=Justin|last4=Carissimo}}</ref> Federal prosecutors also began preparations for a terrorism case against him.<ref name=CBS.Ordered/> ==Response== [[File:New-york-governor-cuomo.webm|thumb|thumbtime=1|A portion of Governor Cuomo's response]] Governor Cuomo released a statement following the Chelsea blast, saying: "We are closely monitoring the situation and urge New Yorkers to, as always, remain calm and vigilant."<ref name="NYT"/> The day following the bombing, Cuomo and de Blasio toured the damage together.<ref name="SantoraNYT"/> President [[Barack Obama]] held a press conference following Rahami's arrest, praising law enforcement for their "extraordinary" response to the bombing scenes, their inter-agency cooperation in the investigation, and their quick actions in apprehending the suspect.<ref name=Independent.Held/> Hamdullah Mohib, Afghanistan's ambassador to the U.S., released a statement saying the Afghan government condemned the bombings and promising the country's cooperation with the investigation.<ref name=WashPost.Arrested/> Security was boosted across New York City's five [[Borough (New York City)|boroughs]] as a precautionary measure.<ref name="CNN"/> Cuomo said that, while there was no ongoing threat to the city, he would deploy 1,000 [[New York National Guard|National Guard]] troopers and [[New York State Police|State Police]] officers to major commuter hubs in the city.<ref name="SantoraNYT"/> Security was heightened around the meeting of the [[United Nations General Assembly]] in New York, which began while events were unfolding.<ref name="CapturedCNN" /> {{-}} ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{GeoGroup}} *{{Commons category-inline|2016 Manhattan explosion}} {{Portal bar|Criminal justice|New York City|Terrorism}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Manhattan bombing, 2016}} [[Category:2016 crimes in the United States]] [[Category:2016 in New Jersey]] [[Category:2016 in New York City]] [[Category:21st century in Manhattan|2016 explosion]] [[Category:Attacks in the United States in 2016]] [[Category:Chelsea, Manhattan]] [[Category:Crimes in New Jersey]] [[Category:Crimes in New York City]] [[Category:Elizabeth, New Jersey]] [[Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in the United States]] [[Category:Linden, New Jersey]] [[Category:Seaside Park, New Jersey]] [[Category:September 2016 crimes]] [[Category:September 2016 events in the United States]]'