{"id":158149,"date":"2026-03-09T17:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T17:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/158149\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T17:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T17:23:07","slug":"isis-inspired-nyc-bomb-throwers-hoped-attack-would-be-deadlier-than-boston-marathon-bombing-feds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/158149\/","title":{"rendered":"ISIS-inspired NYC bomb throwers hoped attack would be deadlier than Boston Marathon bombing: feds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ISIS-inspired extremists who tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/08\/us-news\/explosive-at-gracie-mansion-protest-determined-to-be-ied-nypd\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">detonate IEDs outside Gracie Mansion <\/a>wanted to\u00a0outdo the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/04\/death-penalty-reinstated-for-boston-marathon-bomber-dzhokhar-tsarnaev\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2013 Boston Marathon bombing<\/a>, according to a newly released federal complaint.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators asked <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/09\/us-news\/shackled-terrorist-defiantly-flashes-isis-salute-after-hes-busted-for-tossing-explosive-device-near-gracie-mansion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">accused wannabe terrorist Emir Balat<\/a> following his arrest Saturday if he was familiar with the deadly Boston bombing and whether that was what he and his alleged accomplice hoped to accomplish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, even bigger. It was only three deaths,\u201d he replied, according to the 10-page complaint unsealed in Manhattan federal court Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Emir Balat, left, is handed an IED by Ibrahim Kayumi outside Grace Mansion on Saturday. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Balat allegedly told investigators he hoped to inflict more carnage than the Boston Marathon bombing.  Boston Globe via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Balat, 18, and 19-year-old Ibrahim Kayumi were hoping for more carnage, the feds said.<\/p>\n<p>Both are charged with tossing two<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/07\/us-news\/possible-smoke-bomb-at-gracie-mansion-sends-people-running-for-cover\/?utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> IEDs at anti-Muslim protesters outside Gracie Mansion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the complaint, Kayumi handed Balat one device \u2013 which was packed with a volatile explosive known as \u201cMother of Satan\u201d \u2014 which he hurled at anti-Muslim protesters at a rally organized by right-wing agitator Jake Lang.<\/p>\n<p>Balat dropped the second bomb near a group of NYPD cops, the feds said.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, neither of the home-made devices exploded.<\/p>\n<p>NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch called the botched bombing \u201can ISIS-inspired act of terrorism\u201d at a Monday morning press conference.<\/p>\n<p>The homemade device lobbed by Balat did not explode. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n<p>The two extremists both drove to New York City from their upscale family homes in Pennsylvania to carry out the alleged attack, Tisch said.<\/p>\n<p>Sources with knowledge of the investigation told The Post that both suspects had traveled overseas in recent years, including Istanbul and Turkey, known hotspots for ISIS training.<\/p>\n<p>Balat defiantly flashed an ISIS hand symbol as he was led out of a Manhattan precinct and turned over to federal agents on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Both Balat and Kayumi were being arraigned on similar charges in Manhattan federal court later on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ISIS-inspired extremists who tried to detonate IEDs outside Gracie Mansion wanted to\u00a0outdo the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[7080,65321,13057,9,56,63,65,64,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-158149","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-bombings","9":"tag-boston-marathon-bombing","10":"tag-isis","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-ny","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-nyc-headlines","15":"tag-nyc-news","16":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}