"Investigators say an 18-year-old counter-protester lit a device and threw it toward the protest area. Authorities say the device appeared to be a jar wrapped in tape and filled with nuts, bolts and screws. Video from the scene shows the device smoking as it traveled through the air before landing near police barricades and officers."
"The city's police commissioner, Jessica Tisch, later said the object was confirmed to be an improvised explosive device, or IED, that could have caused serious injury or death. Police say the same person later received a second device from another man and lit it, but dropped it before it ignited."
"Later that day, investigators also found a suspicious device inside a parked car on East End Avenue between East 81st and East 82nd streets. Several streets were closed and some buildings were partially evacuated while the bomb squad examined the vehicle."
Two opposing demonstrations occurred outside Gracie Mansion on Manhattan's Upper East Side on Saturday. A small rally opposing Islamic influence and a larger counter-protest against far-right activists created escalating tensions. An 18-year-old counter-protester lit and threw an improvised explosive device filled with nuts, bolts, and screws toward the protest area. The device landed near police barricades. The same individual received a second device from another man but dropped it before ignition. Police arrested both men involved with the devices, plus four others for pepper spray use, disorderly conduct, and obstructing traffic. A suspicious device was later discovered in a parked car nearby, prompting street closures and building evacuations during bomb squad investigation.
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