Device ignited during protest was an 'improvised explosive,' NYPD says
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The NYPD said the device thrown outside Mayor Zohran Mamdani's residence was an \
A device thrown outside the official residence of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during dueling protests on Saturday, March 7, was confirmed to be an improvised explosive, according to a preliminary analysis by police.
Two people were in custody after New York City police said they attempted to ignite suspicious homemade devices during a "Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City" rally led by Jake Lang, a 30-year-old far-right conservative influencer. The event drew a large crowd of counterprotesters, and one demonstrator threw an ignited device toward Lang's area, police said.
In a statement on social media, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the department’s bomb squad conducted a preliminary analysis and determined that the device was not a hoax device or a smoke bomb but an "improvised explosive device that could have caused serious injury or death." She added that further testing will be conducted, including on a second device that was dropped during the confrontation.
"Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi were arrested on scene yesterday and are in custody in connection with this matter," Tisch said in the statement on Sunday, March 8.
Charges against the two counterprotesters were still pending, according to police. Tisch said police were working with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the case.
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