New Jersey man convicted in New York bombing that injured 30
NEW YORK - A New Jersey man was convicted Tuesday of planting two pressure-cooker bombs on New York City streets, including one that injured 30 people with a rain of shrapnel when it detonated in a bustling neighborhood on a weekend night last summer.
The verdict in Manhattan came after a two-week trial of 29-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahimi, an Afghanistan-born man living in Elizabeth. The charges, including using a weapon of mass destruction and bombing a public place, carry a maximum punishment of life in prison.
Prosecutors said Rahimi considered himself "a soldier in a holy war against Americans" and was inspired by the Islamic State group and al-Qaeda to carry out the late summer attacks in New York and New Jersey.
He was found guilty of all the charges against him. The defense said it will appeal.
