The FBI conducted at least three controlled detonations at a Public Storage in Bucks County connected to the alleged terror plot in New York.
ByFBI investigators conducted at least three controlled detonations at a Public Storage in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, late Monday while working the case ofFederal investigators haven't revealed yet what they found at the storage facility on South Flowers Mill Road in Middletown Township, or what they blew up and why.
The facility isn't far fromat the Bucks County homes of 18-year-old Emir Balat and 19-year-old Ibrahim Kayumi. New York City officials have confirmed that federal paperwork is now being filed in a terrorism case against two men from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Officials said the men admitted to being inspired by ISIS when they brought explosives while protesting against anti-Islam demonstrators outside of the New York City mayoral mansion Saturday.Feds search Bucks Co. storage facility after 2 charged in terror plot Mehdi Essimidi, an attorney representing Balat, spoke on camera for the first time outside of court on Monday. "They are not known to each other. They did not live together. They did not have family or school ties," Essimidi said. "There is no reason to believe they knew each other prior to this incident and I don't know how well they knew each other at the time of this incident."Prosecutors provided photos in court that they said show Balat with one of the improvised explosive devices in his hand outside of the mayor's home."This was not random violence. This was a planned attack motivated by extremist ideology and inspired by a violent foreign terrorist organization," said NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. "As alleged, both defendants have admitted that they acted on Saturday because of ISIS."Copyright © 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.
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