Federal agents arrest 'several' people near Verrazano Bridge in possible connection to Chelsea bombi

[Loki Liesmith]

Source: New York Daily News

Federal agents nabbed "several individuals" late Sunday in a possible connection to the Chelsea bombing that wounded at least 29 people, officials said.

An Instagram account for New York State Sen. Marty Golden, citing the NYPD, said the FBI made arrests “with a possible connection to the bombing” on the Belt Parkway near the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in Brooklyn at around 9:30 p.m.

A phone call to Golden was not immediately returned.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/federal-agents-arrest-people-linked-chelsea-bombing-article-1.2797378?cid=bitly

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That was fast.

[still_one]

1. I hope so, and that they get as much information as possible, and throw their ragged asses in the

slammer and throw away the key

[democrattotheend]

2. But I thought liberals don't care about stopping terrorism

That's what the Trumpbots are saying on Twitter, so it must be true, right?

Do we know anything about the people arrested?

[still_one]

3. no idea, but I also have no doubt we will know soon enough if they are the perpetrators

or not.

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

4. Suspicious device on NJ train

Tom Winter ?@Tom_Winter 12m12 minutes ago
BREAKING: Trains stopped near NJ Transit station in Elizabeth for a suspicious package. Officials say they are taking this very seriously.

https://twitter.com/Tom_Winter

[still_one]

9. It sounds that they are right on top of this, and hopefully this group is neutralized

These assholes have just made it hell for immigrants, and no doubt trump is going to try and benefit from this bullshit

Whether it is Islamic influenced or not, I suspect this will turn out to be home grown

[wordpix]

41. Rahami is reportedly from Afghanistan

[still_one]

42. so. He is an American citizen also, what does that mean?

[Yo_Mama]

5. 5, according to this article

http://abc7ny.com/news/multiple-people-taken-into-custody-in-connection-with-chelsea-explosion/1517053/

Sources say 5 people were taken into custody in connection with Saturday's bombing in Chelsea.

At 8:45 p.m. Sunday the FBI and NYPD conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle of interest in the investigation into the bombing.

Hope they got the perps.

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

14. CNN just mentioned this and said...

There are not actual arrests at this point. They are just being detained/spoken to by the FBI.

[herding cats]

15. The article says they found a weapons stash in the vehicle.

Which doesn't sound good for these suspects.

They have a pic up of one of them sitting on the side of the road. It's difficult to see it very well though. It does look like they had a ton o stuff in the back of their vehicle.

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

20. Yikes, do you have a link?

With the picture?

[herding cats]

21. It's in the article linked in the OP. NT

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

23. Thanks...they just updated it. It has a lot more info now.

Sounds like the vehicle stop was coming from Staten Island. Could have been coming from the Elizabeth train station. They found a pipe bomb there. That SUV does look full of stuff. Glad they stopped them.

[herding cats]

30. Yes, they keep updating it often.

It's changed again since I first saw it. It's still a developing story, so I suggest we check back every so often for updates.

I hope this is them.

[fleabiscuit]

22. If you are detained you are arrested. eom

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

24. Just repeating what CNN said...and they said FBI said no arrests made

and they didn't say why they were stopped or whatever. Seems more info is slowly coming out and may have been recently updated, though.

[LuvLoogie]

36. I was jus reading the comments at that link. Yikes!

[KewlKat]

6. Has drumpf taken any credit yet?

bet a tweet isn't too far off.

[Loki Liesmith]

7. "Good Job New York. WE DID IT!!!"

something like that I bet.

[moonscape]

16. More like: "If not for Crooked Hillary and

Muslim Obama, this wouldn't have happened in the first place, believe me."

[Loki Liesmith]

18. sounds about right.

[KewlKat]

8. 3 tweets in the last hour

Donald J. Trump ?@realDonaldTrump 1h1 hour ago

Terrible attacks in NY, NJ and MN this weekend. Thinking of victims, their families and all Americans! We need to be strong!
4,081 retweets 12,667 likes



Donald J. Trump ?@realDonaldTrump 1h1 hour ago

Saturday’s attacks show that failed Obama/Hillary Clinton polices won’t keep us safe! I will Make America Safe Again!
3,945 retweets 11,142 likes


Donald J. Trump ?@realDonaldTrump 1h1 hour ago

Under the leadership of Obama & Clinton, Americans have experienced more attacks at home than victories abroad. Time to change the playbook!

[still_one]

11. Gee Donald the asshole, they caught them in spite of your bullshit, and what are you going to say if

they turn out to be American citizens, that we should lock up American citizens because we don't like their ethnic background?

[Drunken Irishman]

25. Only if they're brown.

If they're white, he'll go quiet.

[still_one]

34. good point

[Kathy M]

13. Unbealivable ..........

I would like to say to Trump.... Give me a break with the I , I , I crap you sound like my mother when I was growing up .

He has no clue ... all bluster takes the credit from others

[moonscape]

17. He's right. Maybe these sorts of things would not happen

in Trump's police state where executions for gestures are the norm ...

[vadermike]

10. Ugh

Saw trump tweets Are we gonna lose this election cause of this shit! ? I hope not!! This is like the reichstag fire This is scary shit .. Then again w had Orlando and San Bernardino as well and he didn't get much traction Trump can go suck it politicsing this stuff

[still_one]

12. yes it is scary shit, and it is completely analougous to the nazi era. I hope trump and the entire

republican party gets burned for this bullshit, and it is reminded that 9/11 happened under their watch while they ignored the warnings months before

F**K them

[Satch59]

37. The swift work being done is great...

While Trump tweets, real work is being done and it reflects well on our current government.

His blustery tweets look childish and his reaction Sat was panicky and uninformed...

Let the grown ups handle this Donny...

[mwrguy]

19. Is it white boys?

Wearing red ballcaps?

[okasha]

26. No word yet,

but the guy on the pavement looks pretty pale.

[Drunken Irishman]

27. pic?

[okasha]

28. At OP link.

[Drunken Irishman]

31. Thanks.

Really hard to tell beyond the fact the dude is fat.

But he definitely looks more white.

Sounds like they're from Elizabeth, NJ, which has a large Hispanic population.

[herding cats]

32. I'm not even sure it's a male.

The body structure almost looks as if it could be female as easily as male.

The NYT says:

One of the officials said that all or most of them may have been from the same family and that they may have been on their way to the airport.

We'll know more before long.

[Marr]

39. The odds would be very much against it, wouldn't they? /nt

[melman]

40. No

[underthematrix]

29. Here's the thing. 2 bombs, one knife, no deaths and

NO LIFE THREATENING injuries. That tells me these were political terrorism events and not terrorist attacks.

[vadermike]

33. What

Do u mean by political terrorism ?

[jmowreader]

38. An attempt to swing the election

The archetype is Marinus van der Lubbe, who was beheaded in Leipzig for setting the Reichstag Fire.

[bettyellen]

35. No arrests, they're being questioned by the FBI - may have been involved in bombs left in Elizabeth