Sep 20, 2016

Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Afghanistan, was arrested Monday in connection to weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey. He was charged with five counts of attempted murder of police officers in connection with a shootout in which he was wounded; federal prosecutors said they were still weighing charges over the bombings.

: Capt. James Sarnicki of the Linden, N.J. Police Department updates the media in Linden, Monday, Sep. 19, 2016. Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28 was taken into custody after a shootout that also wounded two Linden police officers. Rahami was sought in connection with the bombing in the Chelsea section of Manhattan on Saturday night, and in in Seaside Park, N.J. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)

: Police and investigators gather outside University Hospital in Newark, N.J. Monday, Sep. 19, 2016. Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28 was taken into custody and transported to the hospital after a shootout that also wounded two Linden police officers. Rahami was sought in connection with the bombing in the Chelsea section of Manhattan on Saturday night. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)

: Evidence teams investigate at the scene of Saturday’s explosion on West 23 Street in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, in New York. An Afghan immigrant wanted for questioning in the bombings that rocked a New York City neighborhood and a New Jersey shore town was captured Monday after being wounded in a gun battle with police. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

: Police officers stand on Elizabeth Ave., in Linden, N.J., near where an Afghan immigrant wanted for questioning in the bombings that rocked a New York City neighborhood and a New Jersey shore town was taken into custody after being wounded in a shootout with police, authorities said, Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, in Linden. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

: Debris and a mangled toolbox sit on the sidewalk at the scene of an explosion on West 23rd street in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, after an incident that injured passers-by Saturday evening. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

: U.S. Rep. Albio Sires, center left, D-8th District, N.J., answers a question as he stands outside the First American Fried Chicken restaurant Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in Elizabeth, N.J. The Elizabeth establishment and the apartment above are tied to Ahmad Khan Rahami, who was arrested as a suspect in the weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey. Sires says Rahami contacted him in 2014 about help with his wife immigrating to the U.S. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

: Erin Murphy, 49, of Marshfield, Mass., stands during an interview regarding fears of terrorism while waiting for her train at the South Station, Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, in Boston. Fresh off a weekend in which blasts shook a New York neighborhood and a New Jersey shore town, in which pipe bombs were found in a suburban railroad station, and in which a Minnesota mall became the scene of a string of stabbings, the country started the week wondering whether it was all part of a new normal. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

: Mary Ellen Monico, 69, of Meredith, N.H. sits during an interview regarding fears of terrorism while waiting for a train at the South Station, Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, in Boston. Fresh off a weekend in which blasts shook a New York neighborhood and a New Jersey shore town, in which pipe bombs were found in a suburban railroad station, and in which a Minnesota mall became the scene of a string of stabbings, the country started the week wondering whether it was all part of a new normal. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

: A private security guard stands at the Staten Island ferry terminal, with the Statue of Liberty in the background, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, in New York. Gov. Cuomo said 1,000 additional law enforcement officers were being deployed after the Saturday night blast in Chelsea, a primarily residential neighborhood on Manhattan’s west side that’s known for its art galleries and large gay population. He encouraged New Yorkers to go about their day as usual. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

: Members of the U.S. Armed Forces stand guard in Grand Central Terminal, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, in New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said about 1,000 additional law enforcement officers were being deployed after the Saturday night blast in Chelsea, a primarily residential neighborhood on Manhattan’s west side. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

: New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (R) and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (C) stand in front of a mangled dumpster while touring the site of an explosion that occurred on Saturday night on September 18, 2016 in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. 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. (Photo by Justin Lane-Pool/Getty Images)

: A member of the New York City Police Department K-9 Unit patrols on a subway train between Grand Central Terminal and Times Square, September 18, 2016 in New York City. Following Saturday night’s explosion in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, Mayor Bill de Blasio has promised a ‘substantial’ police presence throughout the week. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo also said an additional 1,000 New York State and National Guard troops will patrol transit stations and airports as a precaution. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

: Police and FBI members continue to search the area around the scene of a bombing in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan last Saturday night on September 19, 2016 in New York City. Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man believed to be responsible for the explosion in Manhattan on Saturday night and an earlier bombing in New Jersey was taken into custody on Monday afternoon following a gunfight where he was wounded by police in Linden, New Jersey. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

: U.S. President Barack Obama holds a press conference about the recent bombings in the New York region at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel on September 19, 2016 in New York City. On the evening of September 17, 2016, a bomb placed in a dumpster exploded in lower Manhattan injuring at least 29 people. (Photo by Anthony Behar-Pool/Getty Images)

: Police and FBI members continue to search the area around the scene of a bombing in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan last Saturday night on September 19, 2016 in New York City. Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man believed to be responsible for the explosion in Manhattan on Saturday night and an earlier bombing in New Jersey was taken into custody on Monday afternoon following a gunfight where he was wounded by police in Linden, New Jersey. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

: New York City police commissioner James O’Neill holds up a picture of Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man believed to be responsible for the explosion in Manhattan on Saturday night and an earlier bombing in New Jersey, at a news conference at New York City on September 19, 2016 in New York City. Rahami was taken into custody on Monday afternoon following a gunfight where he was wounded by he police. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

: New Yorkers pass a shattered storefront window on W. 23rd St. in Manhattan, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in New York. The window was hit by shrapnel from the bomb that exploded across the street Saturday evening. An Afghan immigrant wanted in the bombings was captured Monday after being wounded in a gun battle with police. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

: U.S. Rep. Albio Sires, D-8th District, N.J, answers a question as he stands outside the First American Fried Chicken restaurant Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in Elizabeth, N.J. The Elizabeth establishment and the apartment above are tied to Ahmad Khan Rahami, who was arrested as a suspect in the weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey. Sires says Rahami contacted him in 2014 about help with his wife immigrating to the U.S. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

: This September 2016 photo provided by Union County Prosecutor’s Office shows Ahmad Khan Rahami, who was charged with multiple counts of attempted murder of police officers in the shootout that led to his capture Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. He is the suspect in the weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey. (Union County Prosecutor’s Office via AP)

: New Yorkers pass a shattered storefront window on W. 23rd St. in Manhattan, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in New York. The window was hit by shrapnel from the terrorist bomb that exploded across the street Saturday evening. An Afghan immigrant wanted in the bombings was captured Monday after being wounded in a gun battle with police. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

: Workers clean up a storefront gallery on W. 23rd St. in Manhattan, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in New York. The gallery’s windows were shattered by shrapnel from the bomb that exploded across the street Saturday evening. An Afghan immigrant wanted in the bombings was captured Monday after being wounded in a gun battle with police. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

: Law enforcement gather outside the emergency room of University Hospital after a shoot out in Linden where officers and terror suspect was Ahmad Khan Rahami were wounded and Rahami was apprehended Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. Newark, NJ, USA (Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media via AP)

: Evidence teams investigate at the scene of Saturday’s explosion on West 23rd Street in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, in New York. Ahmad Khan Rahami, wanted in the bombings that rocked Chelsea and a New Jersey shore town was captured Monday after being wounded in a gun battle with police that erupted when he was discovered sleeping in a bar doorway, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

The probe started when a pipe bomb blew up Saturday morning in Seaside Park, New Jersey, before a charity race to benefit Marines. No one was injured.

Then a shrapnel-packed pressure-cooker bomb similar to those used in the Boston Marathon attack exploded Saturday night in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood, wounding 29 people, none seriously. An unexploded pressure-cooker bomb was found blocks away.

Late Sunday night, five explosive devices were discovered in a trash can at an Elizabeth train station. Investigators said they are still gathering evidence and have not publicly tied Rahami to those devices.

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Aftermath of weekend bombings in New York, New Jersey

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