(CNN)The capture of bombings suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami alive gives investigators a rare opportunity to try to establish his motivations and affiliations -- if they can get him to talk.
Law enforcement officials launched a manhunt for Rahami after identifying him through a fingerprint, and he was taken into custody Monday after a shootout with police in Linden, New Jersey.
But questions remain about the events leading up to Saturday's bombings in New York and Seaside Park, New Jersey, and pipe bombs that were found Sunday night in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
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