The FBI on Wednesday released a surveillance image of two unidentified men who appeared to have taken a bag containing one of the explosive devices allegedly planted by Chelsea bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami.
In the “seeking information” poster released by the FBI, the two men “allegedly located a piece of luggage on the sidewalk, removed an improvised explosive device from the luggage and then left the vicinity, leaving the device behind but taking the luggage.”
The suitcase had been left on 27th Street, allegedly by Rahami, moments before another explosive device detonated on 23rd Street in the New York City neighborhood of Chelsea. The 27th Street bomb never exploded, but the one on 23rd injured 31 people.
“The FBI is interested in speaking to these individuals and recovering the luggage,” the poster says.
Rahami, who was apprehended earlier this week and believed to be responsible for attacks in New York and New Jersey over the weekend, was charged with with the bombing, property destruction and use of weapons of mass destruction, according to federal charging documents released late Tuesday. Investigators have not yet been able to connect him to a terror group and thus charge him with terrorism or material support.
Rahami’s fingerprints were found on one of two bombs on 27th Street, as well as materials in the backpack containing the bombs in Elizabeth, N.J.
