New York bombs: Two sought over unexploded device

The FBI is seeking two men pictured with a suitcase that allegedly contained a bomb which failed to explode in New York on Saturday.

The pair appeared to remove the explosive device from the luggage before taking the bag with them. Authorities are looking to question the two men and recover the suitcase.

The device was allegedly planted by Ahmad Rahami, an Afghan-born, New Jersey resident who is facing charges in connection to twin blasts.

An FBI “seeking information” poster says 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”.

Investigators have said the suitcase was left at West 27th Street in Manhattan by 28-year-old Mr Rahami.

The 27th Street bomb never exploded.

But at around the same time another explosive device detonated on West 23rd Street in the Chelsea neighbourhood, injuring 31 people.

Police had earlier said they believed the two men did not appear to be related to the plot.

But in Wednesday’s poster it said agents are “interested in speaking to these individuals and recovering the luggage”.

Mr Rahami has been charged in relation to the New York explosion and another device that exploded harmlessly hours earlier near a race in Seaside Park, New Jersey. BBC