New York explosion suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami charged

An Afghan immigrant wanted over bombings in New York and New Jersey has been charged after a shootout with police in New Jersey.

WABC-TV footage showed a man, believed to be 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami - a naturalised US citizen - being loaded into an ambulance on a stretcher in Linden, New Jersey.

He appeared to be conscious. Prosecutors have charged Rahami with five counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer.

Law enforcement official said two officers were shot in the gun battle. They were not believed to be seriously injured. They did not believe Rahami operated as part of a terrorist cell, and they were not actively seeking any other suspects. But they said they had more work to do to determine what motivated him and if anyone helped.

Linden Mayor Derek Armstead said that the owner of a bar reported someone asleep in the doorway of his establishment. A police officer went to investigate and recognised the man as Rahami, police and the mayor said.

Rahami pulled a gun and shot the officer - who was wearing a bulletproof vest - in the torso, and more officers joined the gun battle and brought Rahami down, police Captain James Sarnicki said. The arrest came just hours after police issued a bulletin and photo of Rahami, who lived in Elizabeth, New Jersey, near where an explosive device detonated on Sunday, a day after the New York explosion.

Authorities said the blasts were looking increasingly like an act of terrorism with a foreign connection.