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| Police released this photo of Ahmad Khan Rahami NYPD |
New York officials have
identified a suspect wanted for questioning over Saturday's blast in the
Chelsea area in which 29 people were injured.
BBC
News report continues:
The
man has been named as Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, a naturalized US citizen who was
born in Afghanistan.
The
New York Police Department (NYPD) also released a photograph.
Early
on Monday, a backpack containing up to five devices exploded in Elizabeth, New
Jersey, when a bomb disposal robot tried to deactivate it.
Investigators
have warned the suspect, whose last known address was in Elizabeth, should be
considered "armed and dangerous".
"Anyone
who sees this individual or knows anything about him or his whereabouts needs
to call it in right away," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said on CNN.
Both
the bomb that went off in New York on Saturday and a device found nearby were
shrapnel-filled pressure cookers, according to US media.
The
backpack in New Jersey was found near the railway station in Elizabeth.
It
was picked out of a bin by two men on Sunday evening, who thought the bag could
contain something of value.
"That was not a controlled explosion," said Elizabeth Mayor Christian Bollwage, adding that the blast, in the early hours of Monday morning, happened as a robot examining a device cut a wire.
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Police
were searching through an Elizabeth, New Jersey apartment (above First American
Fried Chicken) Monday morning. Rahami's last known address was in Elizabeth
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