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The blast in New York city may be related to a foreign terror organisation and could very well be linked to the discovery of explosives at two other locations, officials have revealed.
With security in New York heightened as it prepares to host world leaders at the UN General Assembly, police on Monday revealed the identify of a naturalised citizen from Afghanistan, Ahmad Khan Rahami , for whom they were looking in connection with Saturday night’s attack that left 29 people injured.
Officials had initially said that while the explosion in the Chelsea neighbourhood was an act of terrorism, they did not believe there were foreign links. However, on Monday New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the latest information he had seen, suggested the need to rethink that assumption.
“Today’s information suggests it may be foreign related, but we’ll see where it goes,” he said on NY1 TV station. "My operating premise is anytime, anywhere, seven days a week you could have an incident like this."
He was speaking soon after investigators named Rahami as a suspect in the Manhattan blast.
Some 29 people were injured when a bomb exploded in a dumpster in the Chelsea neighbourhood of Manhattan on Saturday night.
The jittery city was put further on edge when a second device - made from a pressure cooker - was found streets away.
Show all 25 1 /25In pictures: New York bomb explosion In pictures: New York bomb explosion 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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In pictures: New York bomb explosion A member of the New York City Police Department stands guard in Herald Square
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In pictures: New York bomb explosion 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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In pictures: New York bomb explosion 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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In pictures: New York bomb explosion 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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In pictures: New York bomb explosion 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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In pictures: New York bomb explosion 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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In pictures: New York bomb explosion 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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In pictures: New York bomb explosion 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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In pictures: New York bomb explosion 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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In pictures: New York bomb explosion FBI agents review the crime scene of remnants of bomb debris on 23rd St. in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood
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In pictures: New York bomb explosion 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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In pictures: New York bomb explosion Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials mark the ground near the site of an explosion in the Chelsea neighborhood
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In pictures: New York bomb explosion New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, walks from the scene of an explosion on West 23rd street in Manhattan
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In pictures: New York bomb explosion New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers stand near the site of an explosion
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In pictures: New York bomb explosion Evidence markers on the street surround police and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials near the site
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In pictures: New York bomb explosion 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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In pictures: New York bomb explosion New York City firefighters stand near the site of the explosion in the Chelsea neighborhood
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In pictures: New York bomb explosion A New York City Police emergency services officer and his dog check a bin close to the scene
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In pictures: New York bomb explosion New York City Police and Fire Department at the scene of the explosion
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In pictures: New York bomb explosion A New York City firefighter uses a wheeled stretcher to carry supplies near the site of the explosion
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In pictures: New York bomb explosion 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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In pictures: New York bomb explosion 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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In pictures: New York bomb explosion 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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In pictures: New York bomb explosion 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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Five more pipebombs were found early on Monday morning in New Jersey. One exploded when a bomb squad robot tried to disarm it. No-one was injured.
Early on Monday morning, FBI agents swarmed an apartment above a fried chicken restaurant in Elizabeth, New Jersey, that was linked to Rahami.
They evacuated a nearby deli, a beauty salon and a computer-services store as residents tried to take in the news.
Christian Bollwage, mayor of elizabeth, said a father and son who ran a fried chicken restaurant were being questioned.
Meanwhile, the White House said President Barack Obama was kept up to date with developments throughout the night.
He is expected to make a public statement later on Monday.
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