The explosive device struck a barrier and extinguished itself a few feet from police officers, authorities said.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Sunday that the department’s bomb squad determined that at least one of the devices thrown during the protest was a functioning improvised explosive device capable of causing significant harm.
Aaron Spencer wins Arkansas sheriff primary after being accused of murdering man who assaulted his daughter “The NYPD Bomb Squad has conducted a preliminary analysis of a device that was ignited and deployed at a protest yesterday and has determined that it is not a hoax device or a smoke bomb,” Tisch said in apardonedPolice said tensions escalated late Saturday morning when a brawl broke out between the protesting groups. Amid the fighting, a counterprotester reportedly screamed “Allahu Akbar” and threw a device toward the crowd. as “a jar wrapped in black tape, with nuts, bolts and screws, along with a hobby fuse that could be lit.” Two persons of interest, now named as Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi, were taken into custody on the scene. No injuries were reported in the incident. about the events at the protest, labeling Lang as a “white supremacist” and saying violence at protests is unacceptable. “Yesterday, white supremacist Jake Lang organized a protest outside Gracie Mansion rooted in bigotry and racism. Such hate has no place in New York City,” Mamdani said. “What followed was even more disturbing. Violence at a protest is never acceptable. The attempt to use an explosive device and hurt others is not only criminal, it is reprehensible and the antithesis of who we are.” Mamdani said he is in close contact with Tisch as the NYPD works with partners at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the
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