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NYC Opens ISIS-Inspired Terror Probe After IEDs Thrown at Protest Outside Mayor’s Home

Officials say TATP in at least one device prompted a federal investigation.

Ibrahim Kayumi is detained by New York Police Department officers outside Gracie Mansion, during an anti-Islam protest and an anti-Nazi counterprotest in New York on March 7.
Counter-protester Emir Balat is detained by New York Police Department officers outside Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani during an anti-Islam protest led by far-right activist Jake Lang in New York on March 7. Police said two individuals were arrested and are under investigation after homemade explosive devices were thrown during the demonstration.
FBI agents and a NYPD Bomb Squad investigate a suspicious vehicle and deploy bomb robots near Gracie Mansion in the area of East End Avenue and East 81st Street in Manhattan, New York, on Sunday, March 8.
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Overview

  • Police identified Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, as the suspects who threw the devices and said they were arrested shortly after fleeing.
  • NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the crude glass-jar bombs were real IEDs that could have caused serious injury or death, not hoax or smoke devices.
  • Authorities described components including nuts and bolts packed in a taped glass jar with a firework and a fuse.
  • The FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York are leading an ISIS-inspired inquiry, with related searches conducted in Pennsylvania.
  • The protest outside Gracie Mansion was organized by far-right influencer Jake Lang, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani later condemned the event as white supremacist in a public statement.