US EditionTwo Men Charged with Terror Offences After Homemade Bomb Thrown Outside NYC Mayor's Home
Two homemade explosive devices were thrown near the mayor's residence during a protest clash; officials link the act to ISIS-inspired terrorism, with multiple arrests made.
- Authorities launched a terrorism probe after Saturday, when the FBI and NYPD confirmed two improvised explosive devices near the mayoral residence, and the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force will pursue leads.
- Anti‑Islam protesters gathered outside Gracie Mansion and clashed with a counter‑protest of over 100 participants, setting the scene for the incident.
- Forensic testing revealed the devices were improvised explosive devices made from glass bottles with fragmentation and a firework‑type fuse, one containing TATP, and video showed Balat throwing and lighting devices taken from Kayumi.
- Authorities detained Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi, both from Pennsylvania, and Ian McGuiness, 21, with Tisch warning 'the devices could have caused serious injury or death'.
- Mamdani updated on Monday that both devices had been thrown; Tisch said 'We were fortunate that the devices used this weekend did not cause the kind of harm that they were certainly capable of causing' and officials emphasized the danger.
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Mamdani's radical feeback loop of perpetual victimhood
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has created a feedback loop in which he excuses or defends radical Islamists and their allies and then exploits their actions to paint himself as a perpetual victim of society, even when he isn’t the target of the hateful attacks that happen under his watch. Two people were arrested after trying to set off bombs at a protest outside of Mamdani’s official residence. Here is how Mamdani framed the protest: “Yesterday,…
In protests in front of New York's headquarters, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a nail bomb was thrown into the crowd. The police classify the incident as a terrorist act.
Two young men, 18 and 19 years old, were arrested - Luckily, the devices did not cause the kind of damage they were capable of, the authorities admit
NYPD probes 'ISIS inspired' terror plot against protest at Mamdani's home
The New York police commissioner said the city is on high alert due to the war in Iran, noting that the last time an improvised explosive device targeting people was deployed in New York City was in 2017
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