Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, was charged in a critical but stable condition yesterday after surgery for multiple bullet wounds Nicolaus Czarnecki/APThe Afghan-born suspect in the weekend’s New York bomb attacks is a jihadist who hailed Osama bin Laden and wrote that explosions “will be heard in the streets”, US prosecutors have said. The attacks, which injured 31 people on Saturday, were linked to terrorism for the first time last night. A Briton was among the victims, Agence France-Presse reported. Ahmad Khan Rahami was charged with ten offences including use of weapons of mass destruction as the FBI revealed his purported motive. The 28-year-old is alleged to have bought bomb parts on eBay, filmed himself testing homemade explosives and kept a…

Source: The Times September 21, 2016 08:03 UTC