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Ahmad Khan Rahimi, an Afghan-born U.S. citizen, has been indicted on eight federal counts. He is accused of bombings and other crimes in New York and New Jersey in September.
This is the man who bombed NYC and attacked a Marine Corps charity event earlier this year. It doesn't get more scummy than this. He violently attacked the iconic American city of NYC, and planned to do the same to a fundraiser by a branch of the US military in Seaside Park, NJ.
"Prosecutors say he detonated a bomb in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood in September that injured 30 people. He is also charged with planting a second bomb in Manhattan that did not explode, and a pipe bomb that did explode along the course of a Marine Corps charity race at the Jersey Shore but did not injure anyone.
"Rahimi was arrested days later in Linden, N.J., after a police shootout. He remained in New Jersey recovering from gunshot wounds until last week, when he made his first appearance in federal court in New York."
When I think about the scumbags that I've run into over the years, there is nothing that compares to this. This type of violence is unique in that it targeted innocent people (barring any war crimes that they may have committed as US marines) in the process of a selfless act.
To make matters worse, the terrorist didn't even turn himself in, as some criminals do. He prolonged the conflict by attacking police officers that would have peacefully arrested him for his crimes.
This is assuming that he is found guilty of all of the crimes. If not, then I suppose the shootout with police is the worst that can be said of him.
Alleged N.Y. Bomber Ahmad Khan Rahimi Indicted On Federal Charges : The Two-Way : NPR