The FBI described Ahmad Khan Rahami as a U.S. citizen of Afghan descent with a last known address in Elizabeth, New Jersey -- the same city where an explosives-laden backback was found Sunday night.
The backpack in Elizabeth, New Jersey, was found around 9:30 p.m. Sunday in a wastebasket outside a neighborhood pub -- about 500 feet from a train trestle.
It contained up to five devices. The two men who found the backpack thought it might contain something valuable, but they alerted police when they saw wires and a pipe on the devices.
Bomb technicians sent a robot to examine the devices. As the robot was doing so, one of the devices detonated. The robot that went in to disarm it, cut a wire and it exploded.
Police continued to search Linden and Elmora streets, close to where the backpack was found, on Monday morning. The search was connected to the ongoing terror investigation.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/19/us/new-york-explosion-investigation/
The FBI is asking for assistance in locating Ahmad Khan Rahami. Rahami is wanted for questioning in connection with an explosion that occurred on September 17, 2016, at approximately 8:30 p.m. in the vicinity of 135 West 23rd Street, New York, New York. Rahami is a 28-year-old United States citizen of Afghan descent born on January 23, 1988, in Afghanistan. His last known address was in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He is about 5’ 6” tall and weighs approximately 200 pounds. Rahami has brown hair, brown eyes, and brown facial hair.
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/ahmad-khan-rahami