New York bombing suspect ‘critical’ as missing wife sought
The suspect being held on suspicion of carrying out Saturday’s bomb attacks in New York and New Jersey is in critical but stable condition in hospital, police said, as authorities worked to track down his wife, who had left the US just days before the bombings.
This falls in the same category of what we’ve been worried about – the self radicalisedindividual
Rahami’s wife left the US days before the explosions, a law enforcement source told CNN on Tuesday.
US officials are working with counterparts in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates to get in touch with her, according to the official, who was not identified.
Rahami, who is suspected in the weekend bomb plots, married his wife in Pakistan and took her to the US, according to media reports. At one point, Rahami is said to have contacted the US embassy in Pakistan after having trouble getting her an American visa.
Police are still investigating the motives behind the bombing in Chelsea, Manhattan, which injured 29 people, and a blast at a charity race in a Jersey shore town.