Federal prosecutors have charged Ahmad Khan Rahami with planting a series of bombs in New York and New Jersey, including one that injured 31 people when it blew up on a busy street.
A criminal complaint was unsealed Tuesday at a federal court in Manhattan charging Rahami with four counts, including use of a weapon of mass destruction.
Rahami was captured Monday after being wounded in a gunfight with police in Linden, N.J. He remains hospitalized and is facing state attempted murder charges in connection with the shootout.
Investigators say Rahami planted two bombs in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighbourhood Saturday night. One didn’t go off.
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Another bomb exploded harmlessly in a New Jersey seaside town earlier the same day.
The complaint also accuses him of leaving another set of explosives in a trash bin by a train station in Elizabeth, N.J.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether Rahami had a lawyer who could comment on the charges.