[Guardian] According to the FBI wanted poster, Ahmad Khan Rahmani was born in Afghanistan. He is about 5ft 6 tall and weighs approximately 200 pounds. He is wanted specifically in connection with Saturday's explosion, which injured 29 people.FBI - 'Ahmad Khan Rahmani may be armed and dangerous.'
Link to FBI website and list of 'most wanted.'
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CHELSEA, Manhattan (WABC) --The man believed to be behind weekend bombings in Chelsea, Seaside Park and Elizabeth has been taken into custody following a incident with police in Linden, New Jersey.
Details are just coming in, but law enforcement sources say Ahmad Khan Rahami was captured following gunfire. He is reportedly alive but wounded, and two police officers were also injured.
He may be related to five people who were taken into custody for questioning by the FBI in connection with Saturday night's bombing in Chelsea.
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Rahami was also shot in the right shoulder and taken from the scene in an ambulance
DailyMail.com exclusively revealed on Monday that Rahami had sued his local police for discrimination
The 2011 lawsuit claimed that police tried to shut down their chicken business early every night and that local residents racially abused them because of their Middle Eastern heritage