Trial begins in New York, New Jersey bomb attacks
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A man accused of setting off a pressure cooker bomb in New York City that injured 30 people was a "soldier in a holy war" bent on carrying out a murderous plot with maximum carnage, federal prosecutors said Monday at the start of his trial.
Ahmad Khan Rahimi researched online, bought ingredients and assembled bombs after watching how-to videos, they said. "He designed it, he built it ... he filled it with explosives and deadly shrapnel and he planted it on the street," Assistant US Attorney Shawn Crowley said.
Rahimi planted a pipe bomb at a charity race in Seaside Park, New Jersey, that exploded but didn't injure anyone, they said. He went back home, then took a train into Manhattan and planted two pressure cooker bombs; one didn't go off, they said. The other, hidden near a large trash bin, burst at about 8:30 pm. sending the 100-pound trash bin flying into the air. The blast shattered windows and sent bits of metal into the air.
