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Two men are in custody as police say a device thrown during protests outside NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's home was a potentially deadly IED.
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New details this morning about a frightening scene outside the New York City mayor's residence
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Police now say this device thrown during protests near Gracie Mansion was not a smoke bomb or hoax
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but an improvised explosive device that could have caused serious injury or death
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The incident happened Saturday during dueling demonstrations outside the home of New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani
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the city's first Muslim mayor. A small anti-Muslim protest organized by conservative
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influencer Jake Lang gathered outside the mansion, drawing a much larger counter-protest
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Police say tensions escalated quickly. At one point, a protester from the Lang group allegedly
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sprayed pepper spray into the counter-protest crowd, triggering fights. Then moments later
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investigators say an 18-year-old counter-protester lit and threw a device toward the protest area
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Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch initially described the object as a jar wrapped in black tape
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Based on preliminary examination and x-ray imaging, the devices, which were a bit smaller than a football
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appear to be a jar wrapped in black tape, importantly with nuts, bolts and screws along with a hobby fuse that could be lit
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The device struck a barrier and did not explode, but investigators now say it was in fact an
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improvised explosive device. Two men from Pennsylvania, Amir Bala and Ibrahim Kayoumi
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were arrested at the scene and remain in custody. Authorities say the investigation is now being
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handled by the NYPD, the FBI, and federal prosecutors through the Joint Terrorism Task
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Force. Investigators are also examining a second device and searching for any additional materials
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linked to the suspects. Mayor Mamdani was in the residence at the time, but was not hurt
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