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Monday, September 19, 2016
NYPD seeks Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, in Chelsea bombing
The New York Police Department publishes the name and picture of a man wanted in connection with an apparent bombing overnight Saturday in New York City.
In a tweet, J. Peter Donald, the NYPD’s assistant commissioner for communication and public information, names Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28.
Wanted: Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28 year old male, is being sought in connection with the Chelsea bombing. #nyc pic.twitter.com/hSxhMqO7Qh
— J. Peter Donald (@JPeterDonald) September 19, 2016
So far, authorities have been maintaining that the apparent bombing, which injured 29 in the city’s Chelsea neighborhood, wasn’t linked to “international terrorism.”