Ahmad Khan Rahami: New York bombing suspect identified after police release photo

Police say Rahami may be armed and dangerous

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Monday 19 September 2016 14:39 BST

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Ahmad Khan Rahami: Everything we know about New York bombing suspect

The FBI has released details of a man they are hunting in connection with an explosion in Manhattan on Saturday and the discovery of other devices.

Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, is originally from Afghanistan and is a naturalised American living in New Jersey.

"Rahami is wanted for questioning in connection with an explosion that occurred on September 17, 2016, at approximately 8:30 pm in the vicinity of 135 West 23rd Street, New York, New York," investigators said.

He is described as 5 ft 6in tall and weighing 200 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes.

CCTV captures moment of explosion in New York

Investigators believe they may be hunting a terrorist cell, just as world leaders arrive in New York for the United Nations General Assembly.

Some 29 people were wounded on Saturday night when an apparently home-made bomb exploded in a dumpster in the Chelsea neighbourhood

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A police robot accidentally detonated one of five explosive devices left outside a train station in New Jersey. Officials said the bomb squad robot cut a wire on the mechanism in a bid to defuse it - but instead set off an explosion. The device had been left in a backpack and placed in a bin outside the train station in Elizabeth

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A member of the New York City Police Department stands guard in Herald Square

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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (3-R) and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (2-R) tour the site of an explosion that occurred in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York

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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo tour the site of an explosion that occurred in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York on September 18, 2016. The bomb that exploded in New York

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A genral view down the street near the site of an explosion that occurred in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (L) and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo hug after touring the site of the bomb blast on 23rd St. in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood

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A mangled dumpster sits on the sidewalk at the site of an explosion that occurred in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York

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An explosion in a construction dumpster that injured 29 people is being labeled an "intentional act". A second device, a pressure cooker, was found four blocks away that an early investigation found was likely also a bomb

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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (2-R) and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (3-R) stand in front of a mangled dumpster while touring the site of an explosion that occurred in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York

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A member of the New York City Police Department K-9 Unit patrols on a subway train between Grand Central Terminal and Times Square

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FBI agents review the crime scene of remnants of bomb debris on 23rd St. in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood

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Members of the NYPD, FBI, ATF and other agencies investigate the the scene, following a late night explosion on West 23rd Street in New York

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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials mark the ground near the site of an explosion in the Chelsea neighborhood

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, walks from the scene of an explosion on West 23rd street in Manhattan

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New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers stand near the site of an explosion

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Evidence markers on the street surround police and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials near the site

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A fire truck is seen near a blocked off road near the site of an alleged bomb explosion on West 23rd Street

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New York City firefighters stand near the site of the explosion in the Chelsea neighborhood

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A New York City Police emergency services officer and his dog check a bin close to the scene

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New York City Police and Fire Department at the scene of the explosion

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A New York City firefighter uses a wheeled stretcher to carry supplies near the site of the explosion

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A New York City Police emergency service heavy weapons officer guards close to the scene of the explosion on 23rd Street between 6th and 7th Avenue

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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, center, and NYPD Chief of Department James O'Neill, center right, speak during a press conference near the scene

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New York City Police Emergency Services units are deployed on 27th Street and 7th Avenue where police found a second explosive device

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Police investigators look through the debris on the street in front of St. Vincent de Paul church where the explosion occurred

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The jittery city was put further on edge when a second device - made from a pressure cooker - was found streets away.

Five more pipebombs were found early on Monday morning in New Jersey.

Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York, said Rahami could be armed and dangerous.

"We need to get this guy in right away," he said on CNN. "My experience is one the FBI zeroes in on someone, they will get them."

Authorities are still working to determine whether there is a connection between multiple explosive devices found in Manhattan and at a railway station in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

On Sunday night, FBI agents in Brooklyn stopped what they descibed as "a vehicle of interest" in the investigation of the Manhattan explosion, according to FBI spokeswoman Kelly Langmesser.

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She declined to provide further details, but a government official and a law enforcement official who were briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press that five people in the car were being questioned at an FBI building in Manhattan.

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