Authorities in New York are searching for a 28-year-old man in connection with a bomb that exploded Saturday night in Manhattan, one of four incidents involving explosives in the region during the last 48 hours, Voice of America reports.
The FBI says Ahmad Khan Rahami is wanted for questioning in the blast that injured 29 people in the neighborhood of Chelsea around 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
Police say Rahami is also being sought for questioning in another bombing hours before the Manhattan explosion, about 135 kilometers south of New York City. Explosives detonated in a trash bin in Seaside Park just before a 5-kilometer foot race began. No one was hurt in that blast.
The FBI and police in New York have also been searching for suspects and possible links between the Saturday blast and another explosive device found a few blocks away that did not detonate. The second device, recovered a short time after the first went off, involved a pressure cooker with a cell phone attached to it. Police were able to safely remove it from the area and said Sunday they blew it up in a controlled explosion.
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