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The FBI has launched a terrorism investigation after improvised explosive devices were ignited outside New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's residence during a protest.
Two IEDs were thrown outside Gracie Mansion, Mamdani's residence, on Saturday by counter-protesters at an anti-Islam protest, CBS News reported. Two men from Pennsylvania were arrested at the protest over the IEDs, while four other people were also arrested on other charges.
Authorities said Monday a third device was discovered in a nearby vehicle but that it was not live.
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Saturday that an anti-Islam protest was organized by people associated with Jake Lang, a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter and far-right influencer. Unnamed law enforcement sources told the news outlet that a group of more than 100 counter-protesters also gathered, and two young men from Pennsylvania, angered by the anti-Islam protest of about 20 people, brought the IEDs to the gathering, intending to cause harm.
The IEDs consisted of a sports drink bottle with explosive material inside, set in glass jars and surrounded by nuts and bolts, wiht a fuse that was apparently connected to an M80-type firework, according to law enforcement sources. Two sources said that the IEDs contained volatile explosive material triacetone triperoxide, or TATP.
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Two IEDs were thrown outside Gracie Mansion, Mamdani's residence, on Saturday by counter-protesters at an anti-Islam protest, CBS News reported. Two men from Pennsylvania were arrested at the protest over the IEDs, while four other people were also arrested on other charges.
Authorities said Monday a third device was discovered in a nearby vehicle but that it was not live.
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Saturday that an anti-Islam protest was organized by people associated with Jake Lang, a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter and far-right influencer. Unnamed law enforcement sources told the news outlet that a group of more than 100 counter-protesters also gathered, and two young men from Pennsylvania, angered by the anti-Islam protest of about 20 people, brought the IEDs to the gathering, intending to cause harm.
The IEDs consisted of a sports drink bottle with explosive material inside, set in glass jars and surrounded by nuts and bolts, wiht a fuse that was apparently connected to an M80-type firework, according to law enforcement sources. Two sources said that the IEDs contained volatile explosive material triacetone triperoxide, or TATP.
FBI opens terror probe into 'ISIS-inspired' IED attack on protesters outside Mamdani's residence
Authorities said Monday a third IED-like device was discovered in a nearby vehicle but that it was not live.
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