Overview
- Newly released surveillance video shows Emir Balat buying a 20-foot safety fuse at Phantom Fireworks in Penndel on March 2, and the retailer provided the footage to federal investigators.
- Prosecutors say Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi threw jar-style improvised explosive devices near Gracie Mansion that contained TATP, a fuse, and duct-taped nuts and bolts.
- The devices did not detonate and caused no injuries, with one device extinguishing itself, according to the court complaint.
- Federal agents searched a Langhorne storage unit linked to the suspects, found explosive residue, conducted controlled detonations, and later recovered a third device from a vehicle tied to the pair.
- Both defendants remain detained without bail on charges including attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and using a weapon of mass destruction in a probe authorities describe as ISIS-inspired.