Two Charged in "ISIS-Inspired Terror Plot" After Throwing Homemade Explosive During Dueling Protests Near Gracie Mansion

Two people have been arrested and charged for throwing a pair of improvised explosives during protests outside Gracie Mansion on Saturday, authorities say.

Gracie Mansion is the official residence of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

The suspects, 18-year-old Emir Balat and 19-year-old Ibrahim Kayumi, have been federally charged with "attempting to provide material support to ISIS," using a weapon of mass destruction, transporting explosive materials, interstate transportation and receipt of explosive materials, and unlawful possession of destructive devices, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Monday.

Video taken Saturday by @QueensNewsNow shows what appears to be one of the devices in question sitting by the street, along with NYPD officers arresting a person. No injuries were reported, and although one of the devices was ignited, it did not explode.

The suspects traveled to NYC from Pennsylvania to "commit an act of terror", according to Mayor Mamdani and Police Commissioner Tisch in a Monday morning press conference. Later on Monday, Tisch added that both defendants admitted that they acted on Saturday "because of ISIS."

The NYPD's investigation into the incident continued into Sunday at East End Avenue & East 81st Street, a few blocks away from Gracie Mansion, [where the city's Bomb Squad sent a robot to check a car believed to belong to the suspects](https://go.citizen.com/Bnrl7t1Ql1b), as seen in user video from @newyorkUser2199946006.

Police later said that an additional suspicious device was found inside the car, prompting evacuations in the immediate area as the Bomb Squad assessed and removed the device.

Two people have been arrested and charged for throwing a pair of improvised explosives during protests outside Gracie Mansion on Saturday, authorities say.

Gracie Mansion is the official residence of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

The suspects, 18-year-old Emir Balat and 19-year-old Ibrahim Kayumi, have been federally charged with "attempting to provide material support to ISIS," using a weapon of mass destruction, transporting explosive materials, interstate transportation and receipt of explosive materials, and unlawful possession of destructive devices, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Monday.

Video taken Saturday by @QueensNewsNow shows what appears to be one of the devices in question sitting by the street, along with NYPD officers arresting a person. No injuries were reported, and although one of the devices was ignited, it did not explode.

The suspects traveled to NYC from Pennsylvania to "commit an act of terror", according to Mayor Mamdani and Police Commissioner Tisch in a Monday morning press conference. Later on Monday, Tisch added that both defendants admitted that they acted on Saturday "because of ISIS."

The NYPD's investigation into the incident continued into Sunday at East End Avenue & East 81st Street, a few blocks away from Gracie Mansion, [where the city's Bomb Squad sent a robot to check a car believed to belong to the suspects](https://go.citizen.com/Bnrl7t1Ql1b), as seen in user video from @newyorkUser2199946006.

Police later said that an additional suspicious device was found inside the car, prompting evacuations in the immediate area as the Bomb Squad assessed and removed the device.

Two people have been arrested and charged for throwing a pair of improvised explosives during protests outside Gracie Mansion on Saturday, authorities say.

Gracie Mansion is the official residence of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

The suspects, 18-year-old Emir Balat and 19-year-old Ibrahim Kayumi, have been federally charged with "attempting to provide material support to ISIS," using a weapon of mass destruction, transporting explosive materials, interstate transportation and receipt of explosive materials, and unlawful possession of destructive devices, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Monday.

Video taken Saturday by @QueensNewsNow shows what appears to be one of the devices in question sitting by the street, along with NYPD officers arresting a person. No injuries were reported, and although one of the devices was ignited, it did not explode.

The suspects traveled to NYC from Pennsylvania to "commit an act of terror", according to Mayor Mamdani and Police Commissioner Tisch in a Monday morning press conference. Later on Monday, Tisch added that both defendants admitted that they acted on Saturday "because of ISIS."

The NYPD's investigation into the incident continued into Sunday at East End Avenue & East 81st Street, a few blocks away from Gracie Mansion, [where the city's Bomb Squad sent a robot to check a car believed to belong to the suspects](https://go.citizen.com/Bnrl7t1Ql1b), as seen in user video from @newyorkUser2199946006.

Police later said that an additional suspicious device was found inside the car, prompting evacuations in the immediate area as the Bomb Squad assessed and removed the device.

Two people have been arrested and charged for throwing a pair of improvised explosives during protests outside Gracie Mansion on Saturday, authorities say.

Gracie Mansion is the official residence of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

The suspects, 18-year-old Emir Balat and 19-year-old Ibrahim Kayumi, have been federally charged with "attempting to provide material support to ISIS," using a weapon of mass destruction, transporting explosive materials, interstate transportation and receipt of explosive materials, and unlawful possession of destructive devices, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Monday.

Video taken Saturday by @QueensNewsNow shows what appears to be one of the devices in question sitting by the street, along with NYPD officers arresting a person. No injuries were reported, and although one of the devices was ignited, it did not explode.

The suspects traveled to NYC from Pennsylvania to "commit an act of terror", according to Mayor Mamdani and Police Commissioner Tisch in a Monday morning press conference. Later on Monday, Tisch added that both defendants admitted that they acted on Saturday "because of ISIS."

The NYPD's investigation into the incident continued into Sunday at East End Avenue & East 81st Street, a few blocks away from Gracie Mansion, [where the city's Bomb Squad sent a robot to check a car believed to belong to the suspects](https://go.citizen.com/Bnrl7t1Ql1b), as seen in user video from @newyorkUser2199946006.

Police later said that an additional suspicious device was found inside the car, prompting evacuations in the immediate area as the Bomb Squad assessed and removed the device.

Two people have been arrested and charged for throwing a pair of improvised explosives during protests outside Gracie Mansion on Saturday, authorities say.

Gracie Mansion is the official residence of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

The suspects, 18-year-old Emir Balat and 19-year-old Ibrahim Kayumi, have been federally charged with "attempting to provide material support to ISIS," using a weapon of mass destruction, transporting explosive materials, interstate transportation and receipt of explosive materials, and unlawful possession of destructive devices, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Monday.

Video taken Saturday by @QueensNewsNow shows what appears to be one of the devices in question sitting by the street, along with NYPD officers arresting a person. No injuries were reported, and although one of the devices was ignited, it did not explode.

The suspects traveled to NYC from Pennsylvania to "commit an act of terror", according to Mayor Mamdani and Police Commissioner Tisch in a Monday morning press conference. Later on Monday, Tisch added that both defendants admitted that they acted on Saturday "because of ISIS."

The NYPD's investigation into the incident continued into Sunday at East End Avenue & East 81st Street, a few blocks away from Gracie Mansion, [where the city's Bomb Squad sent a robot to check a car believed to belong to the suspects](https://go.citizen.com/Bnrl7t1Ql1b), as seen in user video from @newyorkUser2199946006.

Police later said that an additional suspicious device was found inside the car, prompting evacuations in the immediate area as the Bomb Squad assessed and removed the device.