NEW YORK (WPVI) — New York City officials have confirmed that federal paperwork is now being filed in a terrorism case against two men from Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
The charges come after two improvised explosive devices were ignited and deployed during protests outside of the home of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Saturday.
On Sunday, the FBI raided the home of 18-year-old Emir Balat in Langhorne and the home of 19-year-old Ibrahim Kayumi in Newtown.
Balat is a student at Neshaminy High School, Action News has learned, while Kayumi is a 2024 graduate of Council Rock High School North.
“I can confirm this morning that this is being investigated as an act of ISIS-inspired terrorism,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said during a news conference on Monday.
One of the devices, initially thought to have been a smoke bomb wrapped in bolts and nails, was found to contain a substance described as a “highly volatile homemade explosive” that has been used in IED attacks around the world.
FBI raids homes of 2 Bucks County men
Investigators say the incident happened as far-right activist Jake Long held an anti-Muslim protest outside the home of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the city’s first Muslim mayor.
“Many of the counter protesters met this display of bigotry peacefully with a vision of the city welcoming to all, but a few did not,” Mamdani said.
“I want to commend the officers who were on site,” Mamdani continued. “They faced a chaotic situation that very quickly could’ve become far more dangerous.”
Mamdani said he was not home at the time, nor was his wife.
As for the two Bucks County men facing federal charges, officials say they’ll talk more in-depth about this case after the complaint has been unsealed.
They expect that to happen later on Monday.
Sources told ABC News the men told investigators they watch ISIS videos.
Police are working with federal prosecutors and the FBI, which has assigned agents with the bureau’s Joint Terrorism Task Force to the investigation.
The NYPD said another suspicious device found Sunday in a vehicle on East End Avenue between 81st and 82nd streets did not test for explosives.
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