調查人員說紐約爆炸嫌疑人曾在eBay上購買炸彈組件

Federal investigators say the suspect in Saturday's bombings in New York and New Jersey bought components on eBay and used as triggering devices cell phones purchased from a store 500 meters from an address he once listed as his home.

The details are contained in criminal complaints made public Tuesday spelling out multiple federal charges against 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Ramani. Most of the charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Authorities arrested Ramani on Monday after an exchange of gunfire with police that left him and two officers wounded.

According to the court documents, investigators believe Ramani used an eBay account with the username "ahmad rahimi" to buy citric acid, a circuit board, electric igniters and hundreds of ball bearings between June 20 and August 10. The items were shipped to a business in Perth Amboy, New Jersey where Ramani worked until September 12.

Ball bearings were found in two pressure cooker bombs placed four blocks apart in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York late Saturday. One of them exploded, injuring 29 people, while the other was recovered intact. Investigators said the second bomb had "numerous" electric igniters.聯邦調查人員說，星期六紐約和新澤西爆炸案的嫌疑人曾在eBay上購買製造炸彈的組件，並且把從一個商店中購買的手機用作觸發裝置。這個商店距離他曾登記爲自己家庭地址的地方只有500米之遠。

星期二公佈的刑事起訴書包含了相關細節，並詳述了對28歲的拉哈米的多項聯邦指控。其中大多數被控罪行最高可判終身監禁。

當局星期一逮捕了拉哈米。之前，他與警察交火，導致他本人和兩名警官受傷。

根據法庭文件，調查人員認爲，拉哈米在6月20日到8月10日之間，使用eBay賬戶，以“艾哈邁德·拉希米”的用戶名，購買了檸檬酸、一個電路板、電點火器和上百個球軸承。這些物品被郵寄到新澤西州珀斯安博伊的一家公司。拉哈米在那裏一直工作到9月12日。

這些球軸承星期六晚上在紐約市切爾西街區的兩個壓力鍋炸彈中被發現。兩個炸彈之間相隔四條街，其中一個爆炸，炸傷29人，另一個原封不動地被找到。調查人員說，第二枚炸彈有“多個”電點火器。