{"id":160174,"date":"2026-03-11T11:07:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/160174\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:07:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:07:17","slug":"investigation-continues-into-alleged-terror-plot-outside-nyc-mayors-residence-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/160174\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation continues into alleged terror plot outside NYC mayor\u2019s residence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">NEW YORK (Gray Media) &#8211; Two teenagers are facing federal charges after authorities say they tried to detonate explosive devices just outside New York City Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 official residence over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The FBI is still piecing together the alleged plot, focused on what investigators say happened Saturday outside Gracie Mansion. According to a federal complaint, the two suspects wanted to carry out an attack even bigger than the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, though officials say they\u2019re still working to understand their motives and how the plan came together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Prosecutors identify the men as Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi, who allegedly traveled from Pennsylvania to Manhattan and attempted to set off two explosive devices near a protest taking place outside the mayor\u2019s residence. Law enforcement moved in quickly, taking them into custody before any devices detonated. The pair appeared in federal court Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Balat and Kayumi now face five federal counts, including providing support to a foreign terrorist organization and using a weapon of mass destruction. Investigators say both pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. But in court, Balat\u2019s attorney tried to cast him as a confused high school student dealing with a troubled personal life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Both suspects are being held without bail as the investigation continues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 Gray DC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (Gray Media) &#8211; Two teenagers are facing federal charges after authorities say they tried to detonate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":{"0":"post-160174","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-ny","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-nyc-headlines","12":"tag-nyc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160174","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=160174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}