{"id":300698,"date":"2026-07-20T15:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/300698\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T15:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:37:07","slug":"incendiary-device-explodes-outside-fbi-building-in-manhattan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/300698\/","title":{"rendered":"Incendiary device explodes outside FBI building in Manhattan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-v-26fda985=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">An incendiary device was set off outside a federal building in Lower Manhattan on Monday morning, with the suspect taken into custody, the FBI said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-26fda985=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">The FBI New York Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating the incident, which occurred outside 26 Federal Plaza, a building that houses several federal agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the FBI.<\/p>\n<p data-v-26fda985=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">Authorities responded to reports of an explosion and fire near the building at around 8:30 a.m. The FDNY said the fire appeared to have been caused by fireworks. Officials said two people were taken to a hospital with minor injuries, while another person was treated at the scene and declined further medical attention.<\/p>\n<p data-v-26fda985=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">Law enforcement sources said the device was placed in a cart that included fireworks and other materials. A sign on the cart reportedly read \u201cICE off our streets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-26fda985=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">The suspect was also found with what appeared to be realistic-looking airsoft rifles, according to preliminary information from investigators. Authorities said no shots were fired.<\/p>\n<p data-v-26fda985=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">Video from the scene showed heavy smoke outside the building as officers responded and detained a man. The NYPD Bomb Squad examined the cart as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p data-v-26fda985=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">The investigation into the incident is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An incendiary device was set off outside a federal building in Lower Manhattan on Monday morning, with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[65020,5970,2035,75,84,83,9,24,63,3694],"class_list":["post-300698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-explosive-device","tag-fbi","tag-ice","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-terrorism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300698","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=300698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}