The New York and New Jersey bombings suspect is in custody after a shootout with police that began when he was found sleeping in a bar doorway.<\/p>\n
Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, is undergoing surgery for a gunshot wound. Two officers were also injured in the confrontation in Linden, New Jersey.<\/p>\n
Linden is four miles (6km) south-west of the city of Elizabeth, where further devices were found late on Sunday.\u00a0The FBI said no other suspect was being sought over the weekend’s blasts.<\/p>\n
Linden Mayor Derek Armstead said the suspect was found sleeping in the vestibule of Merdie’s Tavern by the owner, who reported him to police.<\/p>\n
When a police officer went to investigate and wake him, he realised he resembled the man in the wanted poster, the mayor said.<\/p>\n
“Within moments the suspect fired on him. Thank God he had his vest on.”\u00a0The injured police officers are “ok and safe”, Mr Armstead said.<\/p>\n
When a police officer went to investigate and wake him, he realised he resembled the man in the wanted poster, the mayor said.<\/p>\n
“Within moments the suspect fired on him. Thank God he had his vest on.”\u00a0The injured police officers are “ok and safe”, Mr Armstead said.<\/p>\n
Mr Rahami, an Afghan-born US citizen, had been named by the FBI as a suspect in Saturday’s bombing in Manhattan.<\/p>\n
His family home in Elizabeth was being searched by officers.\u00a0The bombing in the Chelsea district injured 29 people. An unexploded device was found nearby.<\/p>\n
Other devices have been found or have exploded in New Jersey over the past few days.\u00a0Early on Saturday, a pipe bomb exploded in a shore town ahead of a charity race. No-one was hurt.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Local residents in Elizabeth, who had encountered Mr Rahami in his work at the family’s fried chicken bar, said the family were ordinary and “Americanised”.<\/p>\n
“He’s a very friendly guy, that’s what’s so scary,” said Ryan McCann.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
That attack was apparently carried out by a 22-year-old ethnic Somali.<\/p>\n
Mr Obama said it was “extremely fortunate” that nobody was killed in the bombings in New York and New Jersey.<\/p>\n
The president said that the US would continue to go after so-called Islamic State (IS).<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton urged jittery Americans to be “vigilant but not afraid”.<\/p>\n
“It is crucial that we continue to build up trust between law enforcement and Muslim American communities,” she said.<\/p>\n
Her Republican rival for the presidency in November’s election, Donald Trump,wrote in a Facebook post: “Hillary Clinton’s weakness while she was Secretary of State has emboldened terrorists all over the world to attack the US, even on our own soil.<\/p>\n
“They are hoping and praying that Hillary Clinton becomes president – so that they can continue their savagery and murder,” Mr Trump said.
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