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The New York Police Department says a third suspicious device has been recovered in connection with an improvised explosive device (IED) thrown during dueling protests outside Gracie Mansion on Saturday.
Officers found the device in a vehicle on East End Avenue between 81st and 82nd Streets, temporarily evacuating nearby buildings while the Bomb Squad assessed the threat.
FBI New York confirmed Sunday evening that the second device recovered near Gracie Mansion has also been identified as an improvised explosive device.
Saturday’s protests erupted after conservative activist Jake Lang organized a demonstration against public Muslim prayer. Counter-protesters gathered nearby. Authorities say an 18-year-old counter-protester ignited and threw an IED, then attempted to flee with a second device obtained from a 19-year-old. Both suspects. Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi, were arrested.
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The NYPD says a third suspicious device has been recovered in connection with explosives thrown
during dueling protests outside Gracie Mansion Saturday. Officers found the device in a vehicle
on East End Avenue between 81st and 82nd Streets temporarily evacuating nearby buildings while
the bomb squad assessed the threat. The NYPD confirms the device was safely removed for testing
so the area remains closed to traffic. Earlier the FBI confirmed a second recovered device near
Gracie Mansion was also an improvised explosive device capable of causing serious injury or death.
Saturday's protests erupted after conservative activist Jake Lang organized a demonstration
against public Muslim prayer. Counter protests gathered nearby and authorities say
an 18-year-old counter protester ignited and threw an IED then attempted to flee with a
second device obtained from a 19-year-old. Both suspects Amir Balat and Ibrahim Qayyumi were arrested.
Lang says the bombs were thrown at him and his supporters by pro-Islam protesters.
Mayor Mamdani calling Lang a white supremacist. The mayor made no reference to the ideology of
the arrested counter protesters who allegedly threw the explosives near police.
