Moscow - A first possible suspect in the pressure-cooker bombing in western New York City has been identified as 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami, several New York Police Department (NYPD) officials said on Monday.
"Wanted: Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28 year old male, is being sought in connection with the Chelsea bombing," NYPD Assistant Commissioner J Peter Donald wrote on his Twitter account with a photograph of the suspect.
Minutes later, NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce cited Donald's message with the caption, "Wanted in regards to Chelsea bombing."
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a CNN interview that Rahami, a naturalised US citizen, could be "armed and a dangerous."
In a previous interview with ABC's Good Morning America, de Blasio said the investigation was "definitely leaning" in the direction of terrorism.
Wanted: Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28 year old male, is being sought in connection with the Chelsea bombing. #nyc pic.twitter.com/hSxhMqO7Qh
— J. Peter Donald (@JPeterDonald) September 19, 2016
Five people were said to be detained earlier in connection with the incident that officials previously declined to link to terrorism.
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