Investigators searching a storage unit in Bucks County, Pa., where the teens are from, discovered a notebook, according to ABC News sources.
, where the teens are from, discovered a notebook in which the teens wrote about soft targets like shopping centers, the sources said. No specific target was mentioned. IMAGE: Court filing reveals Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi at the scene of the attempted NYC terror attack.
. The NYPD said the teens brought improvised explosives to Gracie Mansion, where an anti-Muslim protest clashed with a counter-demonstrationNYC terror plot: Suspect reportedly seen buying fuse in Bucks County "The single item purchased was a 20 ft. length of consumer fireworks safety fuse. The total spend was under $7.00," Phantom Fireworks' William Weimer said in an email to ABC News that identified the man in the video as Emir Balat. Investigators say the two men attempted to detonate improvised explosive devices in Manhattan on Saturday during chaotic counterprotests against an anti-Islamic demonstration. According to a criminal complaint, both suspects told police they were inspired by the Islamic State group. Balat told investigators he hoped to achieve something "even bigger" than the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, which killed three people and injured hundreds. Officials said the homemade devices, wrapped in bolts and nails, failed to explode.detonations on the property at South Flowers Mill Road Only Action News was there as investigators set off the detonations a few minutes apart around 1:30 a.m. Video from Chopper 6 shows law enforcement digging holes in a nearby grassy area. A law enforcement source familiar with the process says this is where the detonation process would've taken place, especially when dealing with highly unstable explosives. Emir Balat is a senior at Neshaminy High School in Langhorne. A school spokesperson said he enrolled in a virtual program in September and had not attended in-person classes since.His lawyer, Mehdi Essmidi, said his client had "complicated stuff going on" in his personal life, without elaborating. Essmidi said he did not believe the two young men had known each other for long. Kayumi is from Newtown, about 4 miles north of Langhorne. He graduated in 2024 from Council Rock High School North, according to a school spokesperson. His attorney did not speak to reporters following a court hearing Monday and declined to comment when reached by The Associated Press. Balat and Kayumi are being held on a terrorism charge, use of a weapon of mass destruction and other offenses. They have not yet entered a plea.
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