NYC Bombs

From the BBC:

"US terror blasts suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami in custody"

A man suspected of planting bombs in New York and New Jersey is in custody after a shootout with police that began when he was found asleep in a doorway. Afghan-born Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, is undergoing surgery for a gunshot wound after the confrontation in New Jersey. Republican Donald Trump immediately seized on the news as vindication of his hard line on immigration and vowed to defeat "radical Islamic terrorism". The FBI said no other suspect was being sought over the weekend's blasts. A huge manhunt was sparked on Monday after police publicly identified Mr Rahami as chief suspect. Officers have refused to discuss what led them to him but senior law enforcement officials have told US media that a fingerprint collected from an unexploded device in New Jersey was key. Linden Mayor Derek Armstead said the suspect was found sleeping in the doorway of Merdie's Tavern in Linden, New Jersey.  When a police officer went to investigate and wake him, the suspect fired on him and two police officers suffered injuries, before his arrest. He was later charged with five counts of attempted murder of police officers over the shootout, prosecutors said.  Federal prosecutors are still determining charges over the New York-area bombings, the AP reported.

What we know:

• Ahmad Kham Rahami has been arrested in connection with the New York and New Jersey blasts
• He is a naturalised US citizen born in Afghanistan

What we do not know:

• Motivation for the attacks or whether he was radicalised

• Whether there is a link to the so-called Islamic State

• How exactly authorities pinpointed Mr Rahami as the suspect behind the bombings

The bombing in the Chelsea district on Saturday night injured 29 people. An unexploded device was found nearby. Other devices have been found or have exploded in New Jersey over the past few days.

Early on Saturday, a pipe bomb exploded in a shore town ahead of a charity race. No-one was hurt. One of several devices found in an abandoned backpack near the railway station in Elizabeth exploded as a police robot was trying to disarm it in the early hours of Monday morning. President Barack Obama, speaking in New York, said officials did not believe there was a connection between events in New York and New Jersey and a stabbing attack in Minnesota, also on Saturday, in which nine people were injured.  That attack was apparently carried out by a 22-year-old ethnic Somali. The president said that the US would continue to go after so-called Islamic State (IS). "We will continue to lead the global coalition and the fight to destroy Isil [IS] which is instigating a lot of people over the internet to carry out attacks," he said.

^ I have seen the following on Facebook and other social media and while it may not be PC it does say a lot: "  1. Plot twist!!   Suspect in NYC bombing is an Afghani immigrant!  2. Haha, just kidding. No plot twist." I'm not sure why when there's a terrorist attack in places like Paris, Brussels, etc. everyone changes their profile picture to the flag of that country yet no one has done that for the attacks in NJ/NYC (or after the Boston Marathon bombing, the CA terrorist attack or the Orlando terrorist attack.) The US is one of a few countries that is fighting the terrorists in dozens of places around the world while other countries do little to nothing to stop them. ^

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37411784