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Via ABC News:
The father of New York and New Jersey bombing suspect Ahmad Rahami told ABC News that his wife and one of his other sons have been detained in Afghanistan, after being pulled off a flight in Dubai and questioned for 16 hours by authorities there.
In his first in-depth broadcast interview, Mohammad Rahami said his wife, Najiba Rahami, and son Qassim Rahami were trying to return to the U.S. when they were held in the United Arab Emirates and eventually sent to Kabul.
“Why send my son back to Afghanistan? He is a U.S. citizen. You have any questions? Bring him home. [Don’t] send him to a different country,” Mohammad Rahami said.
The elder Rahami denied that anyone in his family had anything to do with Ahmad Rahami’s alleged bombings in New York and New Jersey on Sept. 17, which injured 29 people.
Mohammad Rahami, whose family is originally from Afghanistan but lives in New Jersey, said he hadn’t spoken with Ahmad Rahami since a falling out in May. But he knew that in the months before the attack, his son had become secretive, changed the lock on his bedroom door and became extremely angry when a young relative once tried to enter without permission.
Ahmad Rahami’s wife left the U.S. in June — for dental work in Afghanistan, according to Mohammad Rahami — and that’s when, a criminal complaint says, Ahmad Rahami began buying bomb components. Mohammad Rahami said that also appears to be when Ahmad Rahami started to grow out his beard.
“He did everything by himself. He buy everything by himself — order online. He did [it] by himself,” Mohammad Rahami said.
After the bombing, Mohammad Rahami said it was the FBI that told him his son was the suspect.
Though Mohammad Rahami said he was “shocked” at the news, he responded by telling agents, “This is [a] stupid son.”