New York bomb attacks suspect captured after gun battle

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New York bomb attacks suspect captured after gun battle

 

 

LINDEN, New Jersey: Police in the US have arrested a man in connection with the weekend bomb attacks in New York and New Jersey after he was injured in a gun battle.

 

Footage shortly after the incident showed Ahmad Khan Rahami being stretchered into an ambulance. He is now said to be undergoing surgery. Two officers were also injured in the shootout.

 

The 28-year-old Afghan-born American, who had been described a few hours earlier by the FBI as ‘‘armed and dangerous’‘ was apparently found sleeping in a bar doorway in Linden, New Jersey.

 

As his family home in the nearby city of Elizabeth was searched by agents, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said the authorities were not looking for anyone else in connection with the attacks, which the authorities are treating as terrorism.

 

“Based on the information we have now, we have every reason to believe this was an act of terror. We will be going into some detail and there is still a long investigation ahead, but now as I said we have every reason to believe this was an act of terror,” de Blasio said.

 

29 people were injured by the blast in Manhattan on Saturday, while an unexploded bomb was found close by. 

In addition, several other devices were discovered or exploded in New Jersey over the last few days.

 

-- © Copyright Euronews 2016-09-20

[shirtless]

It doesnt matter how long they have lived in your country they will never like you.

[rijb]

I don't like them either.

[LawrenceChee]

So now they have to start the nice stuff .....that is sick .....

- Lawyer rights
- Cushy Jail Cell
- Medical Treatment
- Checklists to make sure the process is watertight and no avenues for him to sue the government

I wish at times likes this , the guy is in some jail in Asia ....now that's the way to treat a potential terrorist suspect and rough then up to stop the recruitment process for other idiots thinking of doing the grand Islam tour

National Geo should do a graphic documentary for broadcast on all channels with idiotic youths that think they may want to join a cell .....

5 days spent in a Asian jail would make any terrorist candidates give up ....

- rusty cells that will fail any USPH tests and make you not love the Color brown anymore

- rat / ? Unknown rodent meat / whatever insect walking around the kitchen counter for dinner

- Netflix available for one channel only ; aka " sad symphony of people moaning and wanting to die"

- beating from fellow cell mates in frustration of life with no call button for help





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[OMGImInPattaya]

That's some bad police work...where's the fatal head wound?

 

 

Edited September 20, 2016 by OMGImInPattaya

[Colabamumbai]

What goes around comes around America.

[scotchonrocks]

America's interference in affairs not it's own is the root cause. You can't bomb and kill people, then soak up their refugees and not get stung later. Once these people are inside your country, they will eat you from inside like tapeworms. It's not that difficult to work out. Then when they commit these crimes as they see as retribution, their actions will turn your societies against themselves from within and empower the likes of Trump who is NOT the solution. Don't isolate blame to this lone attacker, look to your governments and the MIC business model solely, because the cause is right there. Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.

[Caps]

1 hour ago, shirtless said:

It doesnt matter how long they have lived in your country they will never like you.

.....or live by your values, principles, customs etc...

 

9 milli would be a lot cheaper 

Edited September 20, 2016 by Caps

[katana]

So he's muslim? Wonder how long it will be before he's diagnosed with mental illness by the media?

[JDGRUEN]

I have read a lot of detail on this man.   Fairly large family living there in NJ since 2002.  They own a family business - a fried chicken take away place.  Since 2009 they have filed suit against the local police for making them close the 'take away' chicken place early each night.   The police considered the establishment to be a problem due to young customers hanging out until the middle of the night and beyond and  were enforcing an early closing time due to violation of a nuisance ordinance.   This seemed to bother the family a lot so they sued... But did not prevail in the court.   Witnesses say that  Afghan immigrant Ahmad Khan Rahami had gone to Afghanistan two years ago and returned to America acting much differently.  This is some indication that he became radicalized.  Then as accused it looks like he took out his disgruntlement in an act of terror. 

http://www.allenbwest.com/michellejesse/got-him

Linden, NJ police said they responded to a call of a man sleeping in a doorway. When officers arrived, the man opened fire, injuring two officers, police told CBS2.


http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/09/mn-somali-stabber-nyc-afghan-bomber-foreign-born-islamists/

 

MN Somali Stabber, NYC Afghan Bomber=> Both Foreign Born Islamists

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Suspect is shot and captured in New York-area bombings

By DEEPTI HAJELA and JAKE PEARSON

 

LINDEN, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey police officer responding to a call about a hoodied vagrant curled up asleep in a bar doorway roused him and quickly recognized the bearded face of perhaps the most wanted man in America.

 

Ahmad Khan Rahami — identified in an FBI bulletin just hours earlier as a man wanted in the weekend bombings in New York City and New Jersey — pulled a gun, shot the officer and triggered a running gun battle in the street that ended with Rahami wounded and in custody Monday, authorities said.

 

A bloodied Rahami was loaded into the back of an ambulance, just 50 hours after the first blast that started it all.

 

Rahami, 28, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Afghanistan who lived with his Muslim family in Elizabeth, New Jersey, underwent surgery for a gunshot wound to the leg as authorities began drawing up charges in a case that spread fear across the New York area and revived anxiety about homegrown terrorism.

 

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said officials have every reason to believe the series of bombings "was an act of terror," though investigators said Rahami's exact motive isn't yet clear.

 

With Rahami's arrest, officials said they have no indication there are more bombs or suspects to find, though they cautioned that they are still investigating.

 

Still, after a whirlwind investigation that put Rahami in custody in just two days' time, "I'm a lot happier today than I was yesterday," New York City Police Commissioner James O'Neill said.

 

The probe started when a pipe bomb blew up Saturday morning in Seaside Park, New Jersey, before a charity race to benefit Marines. No one was injured.

 

Then a shrapnel-packed pressure-cooker bomb similar to those used in the Boston Marathon attack exploded Saturday night in New York's Chelsea section, wounding 29 people, none seriously. An unexploded pressure-cooker bomb was found blocks away.

 

Late Sunday night, five explosive devices were discovered in a trash can at an Elizabeth train station. Investigators said they are still gathering evidence and have not publicly tied Rahami to those devices.

 

Late Monday, a hospitalized Rahami was charged in New Jersey with five counts of attempted murder of police officers in connection with the shootout and was held on $5.2 million bail. Federal prosecutors said they were still weighing charges over the bombings.

 

It wasn't known if Rahami had an attorney. Messages left for family members were not immediately returned.

 

Rahami lived with his family above their fried-chicken restaurant in Elizabeth, and his relatives have clashed with the city over closing times and noise complaints they said were tinged with anti-Muslim sentiment. A childhood friend, Flee Jones, said Rahami had become more religious after returning from a trip to Afghanistan several years ago. Still, some of the family restaurant's customers said that while Rahami was devout, he was more likely to talk about his interest in cars than to mention faith.

 

William Sweeney Jr., the FBI's assistant director in New York, said there were no indications Rahami was on law enforcement's radar at the time of the bombings.

 

Authorities zeroed in on him as the potential bomber after a fingerprint and DNA obtained from one of the New York sites and "clear as day" surveillance video from the bombing scene helped identify him, according to three law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case.

 

Five people were pulled over Sunday night in a vehicle associated with Rahami but were questioned and released, Sweeney said, declining to say whether they might later face charges. The law enforcement officials said at least one of Rahami's relatives was in the car, which appeared headed toward Kennedy Airport in New York after coming from New Jersey.

 

Linden Mayor Derek Armstead said the break in the case came late Monday morning, when a bar owner reported someone asleep in his doorway.

 

Jack Mazza, co-manager of nearby V.C.M.R. Truck Services, said the bar owner came over exclaiming about the sleeping man, and Mazza walked over to see a man curled up with a sweatshirt hood pulled over his head in the rain.

 

"He looked like a bum," Mazza said.

 

After an officer arrived and recognized Rahami, Rahami shot the officer, who was saved by his bulletproof vest, authorities said. More officers joined in a gun battle that spilled into the street.

 

Another police officer was grazed by a bullet. Authorities said neither officers' injuries were life-threatening.

 

Peter Bilinskas said he was standing by his desk at his Linden bowling-supply shop when he heard what sounded like gunfire and saw a man walking down the street with a gun in his hand.

 

As a police car pulled up at the traffic light in front of the shop, the man fired about six shots at the cruiser, then continued down the street with police following him, Bilinskas said.

 

As the East Coast was rattled by the bombings, a man who authorities say referred to Allah wounded nine people in a stabbing rampage at a Minnesota mall Saturday before being shot to death by an off-duty police officer. Authorities are investigating it as a possible terrorist attack but have not drawn any connection between the bloodshed there and the bombings.

 

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a national Muslim advocacy group, welcomed Rahami's arrest. The organization and the Afghan Embassy in Washington condemned the bombings.

 

Around the time Rahami was captured, President Barack Obama was in New York on a previously scheduled visit for a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly. He called on Americans to show the world "we will never give in to fear."

 

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called for using "whatever lawful methods are available" to get information from Rahami, mocked the fact that he would receive quality medical care and legal representation, and called for profiling foreigners who look like they could have connections to terrorism or certain Mideastern countries.

 

Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton said her rival's anti-Muslim rhetoric gives "aid and comfort" to Islamic terrorists by helping them recruit fighters.

 

Rahami's father, Mohammad, and two of Rahami's brothers sued the city of Elizabeth in 2011 after it passed an ordinance requiring their restaurant, First American Fried Chicken, to close early because of complaints from neighbors that it was a late-night nuisance.

 

The Rahamis charged in the lawsuit that they were targeted by neighbors because they are Muslims. The lawsuit was terminated in 2012 after Mohammad Rahami pleaded guilty to blocking police from enforcing the restrictions on the restaurant.

 

Ryan McCann, of Elizabeth, said that he often ate at the restaurant and recently began seeing Ahmad Rahami working there more.

 

"He's always in there. He's a very friendly guy, that's what's so scary. It's hard when it's home," McCann said.

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Pearson reported from New York. Associated Press writers Michael Balsamo and Jennifer Peltz in New York; Dake Kang and Michael Catalini in Elizabeth; Tom Hays in San Francisco; and Eric Tucker, Alicia A. Caldwell and Kevin Freking in Washington contributed to this report.

 

-- © Associated Press 2016-09-20

[Colabamumbai]

57 minutes ago, scotchonrocks said:

America's interference in affairs not it's own is the root cause. You can't bomb and kill people, then soak up their refugees and not get stung later. Once these people are inside your country, they will eat you from inside like tapeworms. It's not that difficult to work out. Then when they commit these crimes as they see as retribution, their actions will turn your societies against themselves from within and empower the likes of Trump who is NOT the solution. Don't isolate blame to this lone attacker, look to your governments and the MIC business model solely, because the cause is right there. Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.

Well said, my thoughts and feelings exactly.

[rijb]

7 minutes ago, Colabamumbai said:

Well said, my thoughts and feelings exactly.

 

Proof that 20/20 hindsight doesn't make you any smarter.

[SgtRock]

58 minutes ago, scotchonrocks said:

Once these people are inside your country, they will eat you from inside like tapeworms. It's not that difficult to work out.

 

Spot on 

 

It is not that difficult to work out. Even Trump managed to work it out and called for severe immigration controls from certain Countries.

 

What happened ? He was derided as being a lunatic 

 

Yep, who are the real lunatics 

[craigt3365]

1 hour ago, scotchonrocks said:

America's interference in affairs not it's own is the root cause. You can't bomb and kill people, then soak up their refugees and not get stung later. Once these people are inside your country, they will eat you from inside like tapeworms. It's not that difficult to work out. Then when they commit these crimes as they see as retribution, their actions will turn your societies against themselves from within and empower the likes of Trump who is NOT the solution. Don't isolate blame to this lone attacker, look to your governments and the MIC business model solely, because the cause is right there. Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.

So why the bombings in Belgium?  Spain?  Greece? Italy? Netherlands?  Denmark?  Sweden?  And of course attacks in pretty much every country in the Middle East and Africa?

 

It's a bigger problem than you describe.  Not that simple.

 

 

[rijb]

2 minutes ago, craigt3365 said:

So why the bombings in Belgium?  Spain?  Greece? Italy? Netherlands?  Denmark?  Sweden?  And of course attacks in pretty much every country in the Middle East and Africa?

 

It's a bigger problem than you describe.  Not that simple.

 

 

 

That's too complex, and time consuming, for the 'death to America' crowd.  

 

They draw their silly conclusions, by just reading headlines.

[MaxYakov]

3 hours ago, scotchonrocks said:

America's interference in affairs not it's own is the root cause. You can't bomb and kill people, then soak up their refugees and not get stung later. Once these people are inside your country, they will eat you from inside like tapeworms. It's not that difficult to work out. Then when they commit these crimes as they see as retribution, their actions will turn your societies against themselves from within and empower the likes of Trump who is NOT the solution. Don't isolate blame to this lone attacker, look to your governments and the MIC business model solely, because the cause is right there. Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.

 

Done with your rant? Why don't you do a little research on the specifics? You can start HERE.

[jaidam]

2 hours ago, craigt3365 said:

So why the bombings in Belgium?  Spain?  Greece? Italy? Netherlands?  Denmark?  Sweden?  And of course attacks in pretty much every country in the Middle East and Africa?

 

It's a bigger problem than you describe.  Not that simple.

 

 

  Don't forget Australia. I do not remember America having invaded Australia causing all those young muslims to get radical. Any date for this invasion Scotchonrocks?

[geriatrickid]

3 hours ago, OMGImInPattaya said:

That's some bad police work...where's the fatal head wound?

 

 

 

 

Fortunately, he did not die. He needs to be interrogated to determine if he is part of a larger group with a defined  political goal, or if he is just another bitter loser who blames the USA for his failure. Big difference between a trained killer who is part of a larger organization and a fat slob who yells ali baba  or whatever when he plays wannabe thug.

[Berkshire]

2 hours ago, SgtRock said:

 

Spot on 

 

It is not that difficult to work out. Even Trump managed to work it out and called for severe immigration controls from certain Countries.

 

What happened ? He was derided as being a lunatic 

 

Yep, who are the real lunatics 

 

There are no easy answers when it comes to this type of radicalization.  The guy is an American.  But one thing I'm certain of: If Trump becomes President, the situation will be much worse with many, many more of these attacks and with much more severity and carnage. 

[JHolmesJr]

Anyone who looks like this guy needs to be careful when they go about their business.

[augustwest]

That's some bad police work...where's the fatal head wound?

 

 

Your wrong on this one! Let him spill the beans,they have ways that work. Then make sure he has a tragic accident. Giving him life at $40000 a year is insane.

[SgtRock]

36 minutes ago, Berkshire said:

 

There are no easy answers when it comes to this type of radicalization.  The guy is an American.  But one thing I'm certain of: If Trump becomes President, the situation will be much worse with many, many more of these attacks and with much more severity and carnage. 

 

The guy might have an American passport but he is not, and never will be an American / Brit ? Aus / Whatever Country. He is a Muslim first and foremost, That takes priority over everything else.

 

One day people will wake up to this fact and then it will all click into place like a jigsaw. I just hope that happens before it is too late.

[NeilSA1]

...and he looks so serene. Poor guy. Give him some nourishing ham and eggs,

and then stick a pigs tail up his a...

[Baerboxer]

3 hours ago, craigt3365 said:

So why the bombings in Belgium?  Spain?  Greece? Italy? Netherlands?  Denmark?  Sweden?  And of course attacks in pretty much every country in the Middle East and Africa?

 

It's a bigger problem than you describe.  Not that simple.

 

 

 

Indeed Craig. But some posters just love to blame America, or the UK. The trouble in taking on the role of the World's policeman is that people start to dislike you. Especially the envious, jealous bigoted ones who resent someone trying to help their country and suggest things different to their view.

[augustwest]

Just read that 900 refugees were slated for deportation from the US. Government screwed up and made them citizens. Trump says here are 6 million bad illegals in the county. CNN refuted that and said only 1.2 million are felons.. Does anybody else see the irony of that. 1 illegal felon is 1 too,much for me!

[bendejo]

New Yorkers are going to be a lot more cautious of Islami-looking people after this.  These guys really pissed in their own beer. 

After the interrogations are over they should be given the chance to hang themselves, just leave a piece of rope in the cell, and assure them that dying in the oppressors prison, by whatever means, would make them martyrs, with all the heavenly perks as promised.  See ya in hell paradise, Abdul! 

 

 

[dunroaming]

2 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Indeed Craig. But some posters just love to blame America, or the UK. The trouble in taking on the role of the World's policeman is that people start to dislike you. Especially the envious, jealous bigoted ones who resent someone trying to help their country and suggest things different to their view.

 

Interesting that you see the USA and Britain as the worlds policemen.  I think there was a time when that was true but those days are long gone.  Is that how you see the invasion of Iraq?

 

The Islamist terrorists that go under the name of ISIL and Al Qaeda before them are fighting the western ideology. They are fanatics as are most terrorist groups.  For them the USA, Britain and other allies who are involved in bombing them in the middle east are obviously prized targets but not exclusively.  They kill far more Muslims than Christians.

[Srikcir]

8 hours ago, OMGImInPattaya said:

That's some bad police work...where's the fatal head wound?

 

 

He didn't turn his back to police.

[augustwest]

Should cease his pain meds for a 24 hour period then let all 29 people he hurt line up and give him a good punch on his wound. If any body doesn't want to pick th biggest and strongest of the 29 injured and let them have at him.