"Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the department's bomb squad determined the object wasn't a hoax device or smoke bomb, but an "improvised explosive device that could have caused serious injury or death." The device extinguished itself steps from police officers, Tisch noted."
"Two people were in custody for their alleged role in the confrontation, which unfolded during a "Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City" event led by the far right activist Jake Lang outside the Manhattan residence of Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The sparsely attended event drew a far larger group of counterdemonstrators."
""Violence at a protest is never acceptable," Mamdani said in a statement Sunday. "The attempt to use an explosive device and hurt others is not only criminal, it is reprehensible and the antithesis of who we are.""
A confrontation occurred during a "Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City" event led by far-right activist Jake Lang outside Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Manhattan residence. Counterdemonstrators vastly outnumbered the sparse anti-Islam protesters. One counterprotester threw a device containing nuts, bolts, screws, and a hobby fuse into the crowd. Police bomb squad analysis confirmed it was an improvised explosive device capable of causing serious injury or death. The device extinguished itself near police officers. A second device was passed to the thrower but dropped without igniting. Two counterprotesters were taken into custody with charges pending. Police collaborated with federal prosecutors and the FBI. A protest participant was also arrested for macing counterprotesters.
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