{"id":199522,"date":"2026-04-16T16:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/199522\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T16:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:16:13","slug":"2-men-plead-not-guilty-in-bomb-attempt-outside-new-york-mayors-home-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/199522\/","title":{"rendered":"2 men plead not guilty in bomb attempt outside New York mayor\u2019s home"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Two men pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges they brought homemade bombs<\/a> to an anti-Islam protest outside the New York City\u2019s mayor\u2019s home in a failed attempt at a terror attack inspired by the Islamic State group.<\/p>\n

Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, entered the pleas during a brief appearance in federal court in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

The two, who are both from the Philadelphia area, face charges that include attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and using a weapon of mass destruction.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors say Balat and Kayumi drove from their home state to Manhattan in order to attack a March 7 anti-Islam demonstration<\/a> in front of Gracie Mansion. The protest was hosted by Jake Lang, a far-right activist and critic of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim to hold the office.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors say the pair threw two devices containing the explosive TATP and shrapnel, but the jar-sized bombs failed to detonate. No one was injured and the two were quickly detained. The mayor and his wife were not home at the time.<\/p>\n

\"AFILE \u2013 From left, defense attorney Mehdi Essmidi, defendant Emir Balat, defense attorney Michael Arthus and defendant Ibrahim Kayumi wait for the start of arraignment proceedings in Manhattan federal court in New York, March, 9, 2026, on charges that include attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization and using a weapon of mass destruction in New York after Balat and Kayumi were arrested for bringing and throwing explosives at a protest two days earlier. (Elizabeth Williams via AP, File)<\/p>\n

Balat and Kayumi later told police they were inspired by the Islamic State group, according to a federal complaint<\/a>. The two were also recorded on their vehicle\u2019s dashcam describing their plan to kill as many as 60 people in a bid to \u201cstart terror,\u201d according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n

Balat\u2019s lawyer declined to comment after the hearing. Kayumi\u2019s attorneys didn\u2019t immediately respond to an email seeking comment. Their next court date is June 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Two men pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges they brought homemade bombs to an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[79298,79299,8409,65437,9,79300,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-199522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-bomb-attempt","9":"tag-bombs-anti-islam-protest","10":"tag-gracie-mansion","11":"tag-islamic-state","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-bomb-attempt","14":"tag-new-york-headlines","15":"tag-new-york-news","16":"tag-new-york-state","17":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","18":"tag-new-york-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199522","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=199522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}