Overview
- The federal indictment, released Tuesday, charges Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, in connection with an alleged March 7 plot outside Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s residence.
- Dashcam audio and video recovered from their car captured the men discussing a plan to kill as many as 60 people and to, in their words, “start terror,” according to the filing.
- Prosecutors say the jar-style devices contained TATP, a highly volatile homemade explosive, with added shrapnel, and note that neither device detonated before police detained both suspects on site.
- Investigators report finding a notebook with detailed attack plans in the vehicle and explosive residue with bomb-making materials in a Pennsylvania storage unit tied to the case.
- Both defendants remain held without bail on terrorism and explosives charges, and authorities say each cited ISIS inspiration as the FBI–NYPD terrorism investigation continues.