Mohammad Rahami, the father of Ahmad Khan Rahami, who was arrested Monday in connection with a series of explosive devices found in the New York metropolitan area over the weekend, told reporters hed previously alerted the FBI to concerns about his son.

I called the F.B.I. two years ago, Rahami told a crowd of reporters outside his familys restaurant in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Tuesday morning.

I called them twice , he told NJ.com.

Video of the interaction shows Rahami forging through the scrum to get to his car. A reporter yells, Did you mean the F.B.I.? Yes, he replies.