"The device ignited outside the New York City mayor's residence on Saturday contained explosive materials and fragmentation that could have killed and maimed numerous people, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation. A federal terrorism investigation is underway and terrorism charges are pending."
"One of the devices was determined not to be a 'hoax device or a smoke bomb,' but instead it was 'an improvised explosive device (IED) that could have caused serious injury or death,' Tisch said in a statement Sunday."
"Law enforcement sources told CBS News that the devices consisted of a sports drink bottle filled or partially filled with explosive material set inside glass jars and surrounded by fragmentation, or nuts and bolts. The fuse was apparently connected to an M80-type firework."
"Two sources told CBS News that the IEDs contained triacetone triperoxide, or TATP, a volatile explosive material. It is often synthesized from acetone and hydrogen peroxide, appearing as a white crystalline powder."
An improvised explosive device (IED) was detonated outside Gracie Mansion, the residence of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, on Saturday afternoon. Two men from Pennsylvania were arrested at the scene. Law enforcement determined the device contained TATP explosive material, glass jars, and fragmentation materials like nuts and bolts, capable of causing serious injury or death. The incident occurred during an anti-Islam protest organized by associates of pardoned January 6 rioter Jake Lang, with over 100 counter-protesters present. A second suspicious device was discovered Sunday in a nearby vehicle. Federal terrorism charges are pending, and the FBI is conducting an investigation.
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