The New York City Police Department (NYPD) admitted that an “improvised explosive device” was thrown at an anti-Islam protest that took place outside of the New York City (NYC) mayor’s residence.
In a post on X, NYC Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch shared that two people, Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi, had been “arrested on scene yesterday and are in custody in connection with this matter.” Tisch added that the NYPD Bomb Squad was also conducting an analysis on a second device.
“The NYPD Bomb Squad has conducted a preliminary analysis of a device that was ignited and deployed at a protest yesterday and has determined that it is not a hoax device or a smoke bomb,” Tisch said. “It is, in fact, an improvised explosive device that could have caused serious injury or death.”