The man arrested in connection with this weekend's bombing in the Chelsea area of New York City has been charged with attempted murder in connection with a police shootout during his capture.

  • Ahmad Kan Rahami arrested in connection with this weekend's bombings
  • Charged with attempted murder following shootout with police
  • Joint Terrorism Task Force: No indication of terror cell

Ahmad Khan Rahami was wounded in a gun battle with Linden, New Jersey, police Monday.  

Rahami was charged with five counts of attempted murder of a police officer. He was being held on $5.2 million bail. He currently is at an area hospital.

Federal charges in the bombings have yet to be filed.

Speaking at 1 Police Plaza, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner James O'Neill commended the swift work of authorities in apprehending Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, on Monday.

"Based on the information we have now, we have every reason to believe this was an act of terror," De Blasio said.

The mayor reassured New Yorkers that police are not actively seeking any other people at this time.

A Joint Terrorism Task Force official also said there is no indication of a terror cell operating in the city or surrounding area.

Rahami is said to be a naturalized citizen from Afghanistan whose last known address was in Elizabeth, New Jersey.  

Authorities in New Jersey said Rahami was found sleeping in a bar hallway in Linden before his arrest.

Linden Mayor Derek Armstead told the Associated Press that the bar's owner initially thought Rahami was a vagrant, but officers who responded quickly realized who he was.

Armstead said Rahami pulled out a handgun and fired at the officers, hitting one in a bulletproof vest. He then began firing as he ran down the street, and officers shot him in the leg. Linden Police Capt. James Sarnicki said three police officers were taken to a hospital -- one was hit by shrapnel and another had high blood pressure.

"Two Linden police officers were injured while apprehending him, and our thoughts are with them and we hope for their quick recovery," Assistant FBI Director William Sweeney Jr. said during a news conference.

Authorities think Rahami is linked to the Chelsea blast Saturday as well as a pipe bomb that exploded in Seaside Park, N.J. that forced the cancellation of a military charity 5-kilometer run earlier in the day.

No one was injured in that blast.

Rahami's arrest came just hours after police publicly issued a bulletin and photo. Rahami lived with family in an apartment in Elizabeth, above a fried-chicken restaurant owned by his father. FBI investigators were seen collecting evidence from the apartment Monday morning.

"We now live in a new world, a post-9/11 world. New York is a target. Every city is a target. We have to be constantly vigilant," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told NY1 in a satellite interview.

President Barack Obama, who is in New York for a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, said the country is "extremely fortunate" nobody was killed in the bombings.

Speaking to NY1 Monday morning, De Blasio said the Chelsea explosion "increasingly looks like terrorism" but noted the investigation was still coming together.

Moments earlier, Cuomo told NY1 the bombing was the "textbook definition of terrorism" but noted semantics have been in play as investigators work to determine whether there is a direct link to a foreign terror organization.

Cuomo also urged New Yorkers to "be vigilant but get back to business."

Meanwhile, law enforcement officers are ramping up security around the five boroughs because of the blast. A total of 29 people were injured when a device detonated on 23rd Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday. All have been treated and released from various hospitals.

Investigators said they found traces of an explosive at the scene.

Law enforcement officials said they have surveillance video that shows a person of interest placing an explosive device on 27th Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues. That device -- a pressure cooker with a cellphone and wires -- did not detonate.

It was safely removed by a police robot and is being analyzed. Officials say all evidence is being sent to the FBI lab in Quantico, Virginia.

Near a New Jersey Transit train station early Monday, a suspicious device exploded while bomb squad worked to disarm it. FBI technicians were using a robot to disarm one of five devices inside the bag when it blew up. No injuries were reported.

At about 8:30 p.m. Sunday, two men found a bag with wires and a pipe coming out inside a trash can near the station in Elizabeth and told police.

New Jersey Transit train service was suspended between Elizabeth and Newark Airport, while Amtrak riders were told to expect delays along the Northeast Corridor on Monday.

Cuomo met with MTA officials and toured subway stations in the area Sunday morning. The governor added he is deploying a thousand extra police officers and National Guard members to transit hubs and airports to make sure commuters are safe. Cuomo also met with De Blasio for a tour of the crime scene.

Information from the Associated Press contributed to this report.