Ahmad Khan Rahami

A man accused of bombings in New York and New Jersey last month that injured dozens is set to be arraigned on New Jersey state charges on Thursday, one of his attorneys said on Tuesday.

The father of New York bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami said on Saturday that the FBI had made "mistake after mistake" in handling the case and is now "punishing" the family for his son's wrongdoing by barring them from travelling to the United States.

Investigators probing bomb blasts in New Jersey and New York believe they've identified two men who walked off with a bag abandoned by the bomber on a street as Egyptian tourists.

The suspect in the bombing this month in New York's Chelsea neighborhood appears to have acted on his own, with no connection to an extremist movement, the FBI said Tuesday.

Ahmad Khan Rahami, who is the main suspect in the bombings in New York and New Jersey last weekend, spent time in a religious seminary in Pakistan which is closely associated with the Afghanistan Taliban.

The wife of the Afghan-born US citizen charged in last weekend's bombings in New York City and New Jersey has returned to the United States, a law enforcement official said on Thursday, while a defence lawyer pressed to get access to the accused man.

The man accused of a bombing rampage in New York and New Jersey mentioned an eclectic mix of terrorist inspirations, including al-Qaida and the Islamic State, in a journal recovered as evidence, authorities revealed Wednesday.

U.S. authorities investigated on Wednesday whether anyone helped an Afghan-born American citizen charged with carrying out bombings in New York and New Jersey, while the city's top federal public defender asked for access to the suspect.

Federal authorities said Tuesday that the man accused of carrying out bombings here and in New Jersey over the weekend worried he would be captured before carrying out a suicide attack.

There were the homeless men who alerted New Jersey police about a backpack of pipe bombs. There were the random New Yorkers who brought food and coffee to law enforcement staked out at the scene of the New York explosion. There's the bar owner who realized that the man asleep in his entranceway was the suspected attacker.

US authorities charged New York bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami on Tuesday with use of a weapon of mass destruction in weekend attacks in Manhattan and New Jersey.

The FBI on Tuesday probed what could have motivated an Afghan-born American to allegedly bomb New York's Chelsea neighborhood, scrutinizing his extensive travel to Afghanistan and Pakistan, and work at the family restaurant.

The father of the man suspected in the weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey called the FBI in 2014 to say his son was a terrorist but later retracted it, saying he meant the young man was hanging out with gangs and acting like a thug, a law enforcement official said Tuesday.

The Pakistani-origin wife of New York and New Jersey bombings suspect left the US just days before the attacks and authorities are now working with Pakistani and UAE officials to get access to her, media reports said today.

Investigations have revealed that Ahmad Khan Rahami (28), the suspect in Saturday's bombings in New York and New Jersey had earlier travelled to Pakistan and Afghanistan for long periods and was married to a Pakistani woman as well in 2011.

A man accused of bombings in New York and New Jersey last month that injured dozens is set to be arraigned on New Jersey state charges on Thursday, one of his attorneys said on Tuesday.

The father of New York bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami said on Saturday that the FBI had made "mistake after mistake" in handling the case and is now "punishing" the family for his son's wrongdoing by barring them from travelling to the United States.

Investigators probing bomb blasts in New Jersey and New York believe they've identified two men who walked off with a bag abandoned by the bomber on a street as Egyptian tourists.

The suspect in the bombing this month in New York's Chelsea neighborhood appears to have acted on his own, with no connection to an extremist movement, the FBI said Tuesday.

Ahmad Khan Rahami, who is the main suspect in the bombings in New York and New Jersey last weekend, spent time in a religious seminary in Pakistan which is closely associated with the Afghanistan Taliban.

The wife of the Afghan-born US citizen charged in last weekend's bombings in New York City and New Jersey has returned to the United States, a law enforcement official said on Thursday, while a defence lawyer pressed to get access to the accused man.

The man accused of a bombing rampage in New York and New Jersey mentioned an eclectic mix of terrorist inspirations, including al-Qaida and the Islamic State, in a journal recovered as evidence, authorities revealed Wednesday.

U.S. authorities investigated on Wednesday whether anyone helped an Afghan-born American citizen charged with carrying out bombings in New York and New Jersey, while the city's top federal public defender asked for access to the suspect.

Federal authorities said Tuesday that the man accused of carrying out bombings here and in New Jersey over the weekend worried he would be captured before carrying out a suicide attack.

There were the homeless men who alerted New Jersey police about a backpack of pipe bombs. There were the random New Yorkers who brought food and coffee to law enforcement staked out at the scene of the New York explosion. There's the bar owner who realized that the man asleep in his entranceway was the suspected attacker.

US authorities charged New York bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami on Tuesday with use of a weapon of mass destruction in weekend attacks in Manhattan and New Jersey.

The FBI on Tuesday probed what could have motivated an Afghan-born American to allegedly bomb New York's Chelsea neighborhood, scrutinizing his extensive travel to Afghanistan and Pakistan, and work at the family restaurant.

The father of the man suspected in the weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey called the FBI in 2014 to say his son was a terrorist but later retracted it, saying he meant the young man was hanging out with gangs and acting like a thug, a law enforcement official said Tuesday.

The Pakistani-origin wife of New York and New Jersey bombings suspect left the US just days before the attacks and authorities are now working with Pakistani and UAE officials to get access to her, media reports said today.

Investigations have revealed that Ahmad Khan Rahami (28), the suspect in Saturday's bombings in New York and New Jersey had earlier travelled to Pakistan and Afghanistan for long periods and was married to a Pakistani woman as well in 2011.