Overview
- Police say a jar‑like device packed with screws and bolts and lit with a hobby fuse was preliminarily determined to be an improvised explosive capable of causing serious injury or death.
- Six people were arrested, including Emir Balat, 18, and a 19‑year‑old identified by police as Ibrahim Kayumi (also reported as Ibrahim Nikk), who were taken into custody in connection with the devices.
- The FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York are investigating, with laboratory tests pending to confirm the devices’ composition and functionality.
- Police reported securing an additional suspected device in a nearby vehicle on Sunday, conducting limited evacuations before removing the car for further examination.
- The right‑wing anti‑Islam protest organized by Jake Lang drew about 20 participants and more than 100 counterprotesters, with pepper spray and scuffles reported, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife were inside the residence and uninjured.