ISIS, NYC and Boston Marathon bombing
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After his arrest, Emir Balat told investigators they wanted to launch an attack bigger than the Boston Marathon bombing, according to the feds.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani finally decried the ISIS-inspired actions of two teenagers who tried to detonate bombs outside Gracie Mansion, calling it a “heinous act of terrorism” — but still stopped short of calling out radical Islam in the wake of the failed,
Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi of Pennsylvania are accused of trying to detonate bombs at an anti-Islam rally near New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s home Saturday.
Two Bucks County men arrested for attempting to detonate homemade bombs at a protest outside Gracie Mansion in Manhattan over the weekend said they were inspired by ISIS, court documents show. Emir Balat,
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch says both Emir Balat, 18 and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19 admitted to working on behalf of ISIS.